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7 Combining the Science of Child Development with Quality Measurement to Support Early Childhood Programs and Policies
7 Combining the Science of Child Development with Quality Measurement to Support Early Childhood Programs and Policies
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Perhaps most importantly, Raikes emphasized how measurement holds stakeholders accountable for improving children's environments and development, and that measurement can promote equity. As pre 1 Abbie Raikes is the technical development lead for the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes Project at UNICEF.
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The first is a project by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation -- to develop a set of global indicators for child development from birth to age 3.
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, a direct child assessment instrument that targets children ages 1 to 36 months and evaluates progress over time. This measure was developed from the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
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Finally, policy makers can use the tool as a more robust measure of child progress allowing for program comparisons on child outcomes. Looking ahead, Hix-Small recommended additional research in the following areas: administration methods in varying regional and cultural contexts; item "functioning" within and between populations; additional concurrent validity studies; and development of country-specific percentile ranges.
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The tool can be contextualized at the national level or regional level and can account for linguistic 5 The International GMCD was developed in partnership between Ankara University, C entro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Ummeed Child Development Center, University of Pretoria, and Yale University. 6 At the time of the workshop, Ivelina Borisova was director, Early Childhood Develop ment Impact and Innovations at Save the Children.
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In discussing adaptation of the tool, Borisova stated that Save the Children has a systematic process for introducing IDELA in new countries and has been successful in introducing a generic assessment into unique settings and making the tool work across diverse populations. In fact the tool has been used in 28 countries to date.
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Findings from IDELA show that in Ethiopia, children with access to high-quality early childhood programming have significant skill gains compared to children who receive standard programming offered through the government (39 percent gains compared to 10 percent gains) (Amente et al., 2013)
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, nationally representative household surveys of children and young adults ages 13 to 24.7 In addition to the surveys, which address topics such as gender attitudes, witnessing violence, violence perpetration, and health outcomes, the surveys are accompanied by a THRIVES technical package to protect children from violence and adversity (see Box 7-5)
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Findings from the VACS have provided data to help countries respond to physical and sexual abuse as well as develop and launch violence prevention programs, said Perou. The THRIVES technical package includes programs and policies that are effective in preventing violence.
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SOURCE: Sumner et al., 2015. R03020 100 Figure 9-1 Females 90 vector editable 80 76 Males 73 70 66 64 65 61 60 57 55 53 53 54 Percent 50 52 50 42 40 30 20 10 0 Kenya Zimbabwe Haiti Tanzania Cambodia Nigeria Malawi FIGURE 7-3 Prevalence of physical violence prior to age 18 reported by females and males 18–24 years of age by parents, adult caregivers, and authority figures in seven VACS country sites.
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While the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) lacked an early childhood development goal, Vargas-Baron highlighted several UN SDGs that include targets related to early childhood development and early childhood intervention (see Box 7-6 for a full list)
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. For example, 1 to 2 years of preprimary education and school readiness is not all encompassing of child development, which includes child health, nutrition, sanitation, education, protection, and child rights.
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Ghent emphasized that issues discussed in the workshop will continue to be explored in ISSA's Conference 201610: Early Childhood in Times of Rapid Change, during which ideas will be taken further, including how to define meaningful learning during times of rapid change. According to Ghent, the iYCG Forum will benefit the global early childhood community if it continues to link to regional networks, as it did in its partnership with the ISSA and the Open Society Foundations for the workshop in Prague.
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