Validity and Reliability of the Index of Child Care Environment (ICCE)

The purpose of this study was to validate the Index of Child Care Environment (ICCE) as an evidence-based practical assessment of children's home environments. Two hundred and eighty-six dyads of toddlers and their mothers participated in the study. Trained professionals evaluated participants with the ICCE and Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) during home visits. We found a correlation of 0.76 between the ICCE and HOME, and a reproducibility coefficient of 0.91. Thus, the ICCE is able to measure the child care environment with high validity and reliability, making it a helpful tool for understanding whether a child's environment is conducive to healthy development. The limitation of ICCE is that it has the bias of questionnaire.