Early
Childhood
Development
Enables policymakers to take stock and analyze existing ECD policies and programs.
Identifies gaps and areas needing attention to promote healthy and robust development for all children.
PROCESS
Collect
Information
Classify
and Analyze
Share
Knowledge
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Framework
paper
Rubric
Questionnaire
Publications
Ratings
& Data
Engagements
POLICY GOALS
SABER-ECD identifies three policy goals that can be used to assess early childhood development systems.
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1
Establishing an enabling environment |
2
Implementing widely |
3
Monitoring and assuring quality |
OUTCOMES
ECD is multisectoral in nature and involves a variety of actors, including government officials, service providers, civil society, development partners and scholars. SABER-ECD is designed to provide policymakers with the tools and analysis needed to identify policy reforms that promote the healthy physical, cognitive, linguistic, and socio-emotional development of all children during their early years.
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Framework Paper
The framework paper, "What Matters Most for Early Childhood Development", surveys the best evidence and experience in the domain and uses that survey to identify the elements of the policy and institutional framework that matter most for improving education outcomes, including learning.
the document
Rubric
The Rubric will be created on the analytical basis provided by the Framework Paper. It will enable the assessment of progress within the relevant key policy areas.
the document
Questionnaire
The evidence-based data-collection instrument, a questionnaire survey, is used to collect data for the policy and institutional indicators identified for each domain.
the document
Publications
Several resources organized by domain, including country reports, regional reports and global synthesis, background documents, briefs, and additional publications, are available for use by education policymakers, researchers, partner organizations, school administrators, and teachers alike.
the document
Ratings and Data
The policy information and data gathered through the use of the questionnaire is used to analyze how developed a country's education policies and institutions are, from the perspective of achieving key education goals by domain. This process generates benchmarks of progress in those specific areas against other countries or provinces.
PROCESS
Collect Information
SABER-ECD collects policy information and data in a country using administrative data, data from international organizations, legal documents and questionnaires filled out by key informants.
Classify and Analyze
SABER-ECD provides an analysis by evaluating and assessing these existing ECD policies at the national and/or subnational level to determine their ability to achieve the three critical ECD policy goals outlined.
Share Knowledge
SABER-ECD produces comparative data and related country, regional, or synthesis reports that identify country-specific policy options to strengthen ECD policies.