The relationship between children and staff is a fundamental part of the quality in a kindergarten. Fafo has, on behalf of the Directorate of Education and Training, examined how a method called external kindergarten assessment works. This assessment is usually done by kindergarten managers from a neighboring municipality. The method gets good reviews, but kindergarten managers would like more help with following up the results . The report is written by Beret Bråten and Henriette Lunde.