Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) Quality Rated program is a systemic approach to assessing, improving, and communicating the quality of child care and early education programs. This fact sheet summarizes parent perspectives from virtual focus groups and Data Walks on the most important features of quality in child care and early education and the future of the Quality Rated system.

Where to Find Related Products

We developed several products to share what we learned. On our web page, “Partnering with the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to Strengthen Georgia’s Early Care and Learning System,” you can find them all, in addition to other products where we have collaborated with Georgia DECAL to better understand the needs, perspectives, and experiences of families, child care and early learning operators and educators, and other stakeholders.