In 2021 and 2022, Together for Early Childhood Evidence provided four country grants in Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda and South Africa to support local research activities to inform programmatic and policy decisions facing early childhood education (ECE). These projects brought together policymakers, researchers and practitioners committed to testing and applying new approaches to data use. This brief summarizes the four country-led research activities addressing gaps in data-driven decision making in sub-Saharan Africa.

In this blog, we hear from the Liberia T4ECE country task force team about their experience in developing a catalogue of ECE programs and quality indicators and how the data collected will be used to help focus and manage resources to improve the quality of ECE in Liberia.

This blog explores how nationally representative classroom observational data collected in Rwanda by government officials will be used to make positive impacts on the quality of early learning and how the T4ECE team hopes this will create a shift in the culture of data communication and data use.

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring June 2022 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.

In this blog, we feature the Thrive by Five Index, South Africa’s first nationally representative survey of preschool children. It provides data on 4-5-year-old children’s developmental outcomes that will inspire action and change so that all children have the chance to flourish by the age of five.

In this blog, we hear from Dr. Menelik Desta, Executive Director of ESRI, and Professor Belay Kibret of Addis Ababa University as they discuss the T4ECE task force team's experience in synthesizing and compiling ECDE evidence and resources in Ethiopia.

As part of the 2022 CIES conference, Together for Early Childhood Evidence led a panel focused on country-led research activities in Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda and South Africa that support strengthening and developing effective early childhood monitoring and measurement systems.

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring April 2022 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.

This blog focuses on our team's work using human-centered design to think about how measurement tools and systems can respond to the needs of early childhood teachers and providers. 

High-quality early childhood care and education can lead to long-term positive impacts on children’s learning and well-being. This report reviews the status of early childhood care and education (ECCE) quality assurance systems in Africa. Our recent survey of ministries of education in 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa ministries of education revealed the following…

In this blog we hear from Save the Children Rwanda as they, with the support of T4ECE, collect for the first time ever nationally representative data on the quality of pre-primary and primary classroom and children's learning outcomes.

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring September 2021 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring July 2021 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.

This blog features work in Liberia to adapt and use ECD Measure's Brief Early Childhood Quality Inventory (BEQI) to help Liberian researchers and policymakers understand the current state of preschool quality and make choices about how to improve.

Presentation on quality in public and private early childhood care and education settings, including responses to: What are characteristics of children attending public vs. private ECCE? How do teacher qualifications vary by private and public settings? How is parent cost associated with observed quality? Do families get what they pay for?

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring April 2021 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.

This blog highlights the process and experience of building Ethiopia’s first national study of early childhood quality and outcomes using the MELQO.

We now know that quality early childhood programs can have a lasting positive impact. But we know less about how to translate that science into workable solutions for programs around the world. While there is increasing interest in measuring the quality of preschool environments, a challenge comes in creating feedback loops where quality data lead to improved teaching and learning processes.

We’re increasingly recognizing the power of play for children. Children learn best when they are supported to deeply engage with their surroundings and other people, when they are given the opportunity to explore and try things out, and when they can internalize and make meaning of what they are learning.

Stay informed with our latest monthly newsletter featuring January 2021 updates, insights, and news in early childhood care and education. Explore valuable resources, articles, and announcements to empower your work and stay connected with ECD Measure and our global community.