The International Consultation, convened in Leiden (the Netherlands) in September 2014, brought together early childhood experts and stakeholders--supported by the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank and the Brookings Institution--representing different regions of the world, who have experience in the measurement and improvement of quality of early years services. The meeting aimed to identify points of consensus in measuring quality and future directions for increasing the strength, innovation and cultural applicability of quality measurement. This report on the International Consultation highlights points of convergence in measuring quality among the participants, new approaches in quality measurement, and recommendations from the participants regarding a global network on quality.