However, both the quantity and the quality of such services for children from the age of 3 vary substantially across countries. At the heart of this ambition is the message that access to ECEC alone is insufficient to achieve positive child outcomes, and that ECEC must also be of high quality. As a result, meeting Target 4.2 means developing methods to accurately measure and monitor quality standards in ECEC.' This means that a 'one-size-fits-all’ solution to measuring quality and monitoring standards is unlikely to be found.