policy makers ecec managers ecec staff and parents may disagree on what aspects of quality should be monitored how frequently in what manner and what stakes should be attached to them policy makers might want to impose certain monitoring practices such as one inspection by external evaluators at least once every two years while management and staff may oppose this especially when high stakes are involved in the implementation of a monitoring system it is therefore important to take into account that inspections or other forms of assessment may cause stress to management and staff the naeyc noted that the purpose of monitoring should be to collect information that can be used in improving services to ensure that children benefit from their early ecec experiences