NQF Snapshot Q1 2019 is ACECQA’s 25th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework (NQF). It provides analysis and information on the profile of the sector and the quality ratings of services against the National Quality Standard (NQS).

Almost eight out of 10 (79%) education and care services are Meeting or Exceeding the National Quality Standard (NQS), according to the NQF Snapshot Q4 2018 released by ACECQA.

This second report builds on last year’s inaugural report and focusses on progress made during 2017-18 in implementing the National Partnership on the National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care.

This inquiry examined the efficiency, effectiveness and coherency of Australian government funding for research. It focused on federally funded research agencies, their funding mechanisms and university collaborative research.

More than 20,000 quality assessments of children’s education and care services have been undertaken by state and territory regulatory authorities since 2012, with almost 2000 of these using the 2018 National Quality Standard (NQS), introduced from 1 February 2018. In its Q3 2018 NQF Snapshot, ACECQA announced almost eight out of 10 (78%) services are...