Education secretary John Swinney said the Scottish Government will implement the recommendations of two reports on child protection systems as quickly as possible.
The authors of the Brock report in 2014 and the Daniel report in 2012 have criticised a lack of progress since their findings were published.
Their comments came in the wake of Liam Fee’s brutal murder at the hands of his mother and her partner.
Jackie Brock, chief executive of the charity Children In Scotland was asked by the Scottish Government to examine whether the country’s approach to protecting children was as robust as possible.
She made 12 recommendations in her report in November 2014 but said yesterday there had not yet been “full blown implementation”.
Professor Brigid Daniel, the author of a report into child neglect in Scotland published in 2012, has also said that not all of her recommendations have been implemented.
Ms Brock said: “The whole child protection improvements that we need to make really do now need to be focused on and prioritised.”
She added: “What is really good is that it sounds like the nursery, the childminder, did pick up on problems and they were well aware of it.
“I don’t understand why they weren’t listened to and why that action wasn’t taken.”
Ms Brock also called for an examination of the way children’s services were resourced following significant cuts to local government.
Mr Swinney said the Scottish Government was working its way through the recommendations contained in the Brock report.
He said a review of child protection arrangements across Scotland was ongoing and the conclusion would become clear towards the end of the year.
The education secretary confirmed Fife Council had been piloting a version of the named person legislation with a contact point for each child.
He added however, that a named person would provide further protection as it would require other public bodies to work with them to resolve issues that were at stake.