Global Guidelines Assessment

The Global Guidelines Assessment (GGA) is a valuable resource for early care and education programs. The assessment was developed with the input of educators from more than 27 nations. The assessment consists of five program content areas: Environment and Physical Space, Curriculum Content and Pedagogy, Early Childhood Educators and Caregivers, Partnerships with Families and Communities, and Young Children with Special Needs.

The 2011 edition of the GGA includes 76 indicators of program quality that have global relevance; however, please keep in mind that specific markers of how a standard is met may vary from nation to nation. Although the GGA includes a general rating scale (excellent to inadequate), educators will need to determine their own methods of measuring the attainment of indicators in relation to their own nation's policies and community practices and settings. ACEI encourages educators to use these resources either to design new early childhood programs or improve existing programs.

We are pleased to announce that revised versions of the GGA in English, French, Spanish, and Greek are now available. Visit the Global Guidelines page here to download the revised documents.

Translations in Chinese, Korean, Russian, Italian, and Swahili will soon be available.