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The NAEYC accreditation system sets the standard for excellence—for families, the early childhood education profession as well as the public—and offers support to programs to meet the standards.
Explore accreditation of early childhood higher education programs, discover the accreditation system standards, and view a list of accredited programs.
NAEYC Accreditation of Early Learning Programs provides a transformative quality-improvement system—a rigorous process programs can engage in to meet the highest program standards for quality early learning.
This document incorporates the language of all NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria, including 39 criteria that are not currently assessed by the NAEYC Academy. (For more information about criteria that the
NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards and Assessment Items Applies to all accreditation site visit windows beginning January 1, 2022, until otherwise informed. Approved by the NAEYC Council on the Accreditation of Early Learning Programs. Last revised in 2022.
NAEYC has set 10 standards for early childhood programs that can help families make the right choice when they are looking for a child care center, preschool, or kindergarten. The standards and criteria are also the foundation of the NAEYC Accreditation system for early childhood programs.
The following charts present the 10 NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and related Accreditation Criteria. Each standard describes an essential element that together with the other nine standards provide a definition of quality for child care, preschools, and kindergarten programs.
