A MILESTONE IN CHANGING EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICE AND POLICY Outline Why measure early learning amp development IDELAs Path Milestones ECD policy and practice International Development and Early Learning Assessment IDELA 3 Pillars ID: 913999
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IDELA KNOWLEDGE PORTAL: A MILESTONE IN CHANGING EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICE AND POLICY
Slide2Outline
Slide3Why measure early learning & development ?
Slide4IDELA’s Path
Slide5Milestones: ECD policy and practice
Slide6International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA): 3 Pillars
Slide7What is IDELA?
Slide8IDELA OverviewPlay-based assessment tool designed for children in the 3-6 age group
Takes about 30 minutes per childIncludes
22
core items
that cover 4 developmental domains + learning approaches and aspects of executive function
Emphasizes
continuous scoring over yes/no
responses
Available
in English, Spanish, French,
Arabic
, and many other languages
Slide9IDELA Domains & Skills
Learning Approaches
Executive Function
Slide10Simple adaptation and administration across settings
Slide11But what can IDELA tell us?
Slide12Data can speak to equity issues
Slide13Data can speak to equity issues
Slide14Data can show impact to inform approaches and strategies (Ethiopia)
Slide15Data can speak to crucial links between quality of programs and child outcomes
Slide16Data can speak to the links between home environments and outcomes
Slide17IDELA: informs program improvement
Slide18IDELA can begin to provide a glimpse into a global picture of development and early learning
Literacy and Math Skills among 5- year old children
Slide19IDELA: Leveraging Knowledge for Children
Slide20IDELA Used
IDELA Planned
IDELA
Globally +1 country a month
Slide21IDELA Partners: Growing DemandGlobal (MELQO)
Brookings Institution, UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank
Governments
Bhutan
Rwanda
Colombia
World Bank
Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Uganda
Budapest – 12 country training to get comparative outcomes
Universities
New York University (psychometric analysis & Ghana),
Aga Khan University (Pakistan),
Yale University (Colombia),
UniNorte
(Colombia),
University
of Zambia
Technical Providers
Roma Education Fund
(Balkan Region)
Ubongo
(Tanzania),
RTI (Kenya),
AIR (Bangladesh),
EQUIP (Tanzania),
IECD
for
Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS
(Kenya
),
International Rescue Committee (Lebanon)
Tembo
(Nigeria)
FSG (India)
World Vision
Thought Leaders & Funders
Open Society Foundation (OSF) – Funding for an IDELA website and knowledge hub
Additional donors
Slide22IDELA Knowledge Brokering
Slide23Interactive IDELA data siteECD program evidence repository and summary tracker
Web-based partner information and MOU launching
Restricted
access area for: online IDELA guidance, translations, videos
ECCD
evidence portal and an IDELA knowledge hub
Slide24Status of child development across countries and programs consolidation of the data and evidence produced with partnersNote on gaps and advances annually Advocacy briefs (regional/global) to support dialogue on improved practice and policy
Cross-country report January 2017 with Education Global Theme
Annual knowledge
map & report
Slide25IDELA introduction webinarsECD program evidence webinarsSo you’ve done an IDELA – now what!? Translating data into changes in policy and practice
Topic boardsMeetings at regional/global conferences and shared panels at same
Community
of practice
Slide26Growing Fee for Service Demand for technical assistance from variety of partnersCapacity-building with strategic partnersSupport for developing advocacy messages from website dataResearch partnerships
Capacity building partnerships
Slide27Naming the Portal?
???
IDELA Playground
IDELA Sandbox
IDELA Connection
IDELA Explorer
IDELA Data Explorer
IDELA Data Network
IDELA Research Network
IDELA Network
IDELANet
IDELA Hub
IDELA Nexus
Slide28For more information: spoehlman@savechildren.org