The Consortium for Pre-Primary Data and Measurement in Africa held a kick-off meeting at CIES in San Francisco, convened by ECD Measure Group, is building a global consortium on data and measurement in early childhood, driven by the experiences of five taskforce countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa).

This brief outlines lessons learned on the process of generating, analyzing, and applying data to programs and policies in low- and middle-income countries.

Study examines the development and learning of Tanzanian children starting school and psychometric properties of MELQO tools.

Access to quality early childhood education (ECE) before starting formal schooling can make an enormous positive difference to children’s learning and development. As part of its new education policy, USAID is now actively supporting countries in building effective early childhood systems. In support of this effort, we are pleased to announce the initiation of a Consortium on Pre-Primary Education Data & Measurement in sub-Saharan Africa.

We recently convened a group of experts to share experience and lessons learned on the MELE tool across various contexts.

The launch of ecdmeasure.org, the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes project site, comes at an exciting time for early childhood development. The Sustainable Development Goals include an explicit mention of early childhood development, based on decades of science demonstrating the importance of ECD for later learning and well-being.

Results from Four MELQO Pilot Countries: Evidence of Within-Country Validity and Cross-Country Comparison of Child Development data.

This MELQO Brief provides practical guidance on adapting the Measure of Development and Early Learning (MODEL) Literacy tasks to new languages and contexts. Provides practical guidance on adapting the Measure of Development and Early Learning (MODEL) Literacy tasks to new languages and contexts.

Results from Four MELQO Pilot Countries: Evidence of Within-Country Validity and Cross-Country Comparison of Child Development data.

Beginning in 2014 and led by UNESCO, UNICEF, Brookings Institution and World Bank, the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes project (MELQO) brought together a consortium of experts, multi-lateral organizations and stakeholders to assess the feasibility of cross-national measurement of early childhood development and quality of learning environments in low-and middle-income countries. This project is now completed. A report on the feasibility of cross-national measurement of early childhood development and quality of learning environments in low-and middle-income countries.

This Social Policy Report describes the central role of supporting child and youth development in achieving the vision behind the U.N. Sustainable Development Agenda. It addresses the importance of developmental science in achieving the aims of the Sustainable Development Agenda through generating knowledge of child and youth development in diverse contexts, monitoring and measurement to reveal patterns of success and inequity, and building capacity for developmental science in all countries. New Social Policy Report on the SDGs and child development available now, addressing the critical role of measurement in tracking global and national progress.