ExceleRate Illinois

ExceleRate Illinois helps you prepare children for success in school and in life. This quality recognition and improvement system gives you a process for pursuing quality efforts that will help you learn more, do better, and improve developmental skills among the children you impact. ExceleRate Illinois also provides standards, guidelines, resources, and support to help you make sensible changes that lead to better quality outcomes. Most importantly, the program helps you accelerate excellence in early learning and development in the State of Illinois.

Early care and education programs operate in different settings and demonstrate their quality in various ways, including compliance with licensing standards, federal and state grant requirements, and accreditation systems. ExceleRate Illinois focuses on programs individually, by allowing programs to meet consistent standards through providing different forms of evidence. Choose your setting below to view specific details about the application process.