November 2, 2021

Quality Assurance for Early Childhood Education The future of the African continent depends on the development of its children. The success of a nation depends on how well its education system can produce knowledgeable, skilled citizens prepared for the 21st-century workforce. One driver of this success is early childhood education…

October 7, 2021

On 22nd September 2021, Together for Early Childhood Evidence co-hosted a webinar on Early Childhood Education (ECE) Quality Assurance Systems (QAS) for Africa with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), through its Inter-Country Quality Node on Early Childhood Development (ICQN-ECD).  The event convened nearly 100 participants…

April 21, 2021

Quality assurance in early childhood education (ECE) is pivotal in ensuring that children in ECE programs have an experience that helps them develop and learn. This policy brief provides guidance for developing quality assurance systems for ECE in Africa.

November 19, 2020

To better understand and take stock of the opportunities and challenges at the country-level in early childhood development (ECD), particularly in light of the unique COVID-19 context, ECD Measure conducted a needs assessment with the six participating countries (Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia). The needs assessment was…

October 17, 2020

On behalf of ECD Measure, a research group hosted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and in partnership with USAID and the Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC), I am happy to announce Phase 2 of the Consortium on Pre-Primary Data and Measurement in Africa! We learned and grew during…

February 7, 2020

Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org Four CPDMA country teams (Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa and Ethiopia) have been working together since early 2019 to map out their ECE data systems and develop plans to use data to improve outcomes for young children. Liberia We learned that delivering evidence-based interventions for early childhood care…

November 21, 2019

Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org Earlier this month, the Consortium on Pre-Primary Data and Measurement in Africa (CPDMA) convened the CPDMA Taskforce Conference: ECE Data Utilization to Impact Change in Kigali, Rwanda, co-hosted by the Rwanda Ministry of Education, National Early Childhood Development Program (Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion), and USAID. Nearly fifty participants from…

July 11, 2019

Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org We all need feedback to know how we’re doing.  As more and more countries recognize the importance of early childhood education, data are essential for charting an effective path forward.  On behalf of the Consortium for Preprimary Data and Measurement in Africa, we recently joined the Association for…

April 26, 2019

Cross-posted on ecdmeasure.org On April 15, 2019, the Consortium for Pre-Primary Data and Measurement in Africa (CPDMA) held a kick-off breakfast at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual conference in San Francisco, USA. CPDMA, funded by USAID and convened by ECD Measure Group, is building a global consortium on…