How can we best develop tools to assess development before school-age, so we can measure important changes in educational outcomes over time and understand the relative impact of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and home learning environment?
Background
Our goal is for the early years sector to provide the foundations for children to have happy, healthy and successful lives, and to enable parents to work. The sector has some challenges in common with our other sectors but it faces a different local and systemic context. We are interested in evidence that will help us enable a healthy and sustainable early years market which maximises the valuable outcomes of the sector.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Harnessing the power of global data to support young children's learning and development: Analyses, dissemination and implementation
The 2017 Lancet Series, Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale, estimated that 43% of children under 5 years in LMICs (250m children), were at risk of not reaching their potential because they had s...
Funded by: GCRF
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the impact of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and home learning environment on children's development and educational outcomes, utilizing global data and multi-disciplinary expertise.
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EasyPeasy Home Learning content task-force: Supporting families with young children
EasyPeasy requests £46,867 in matched funding (£23k already secured) to support a 3-month content task-force to become the go-to early years app for parents and teachers during the COVID-19 crisis, and beyond...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing tools to assess development before school-age and measure changes in educational outcomes, specifically targeting the home learning environment.
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The Early Year Analytics (TEYAN): A Wellbeing and Development Management Decision Support System for Early years Providers
Early years development sets solid foundation for lifelong learning, performance, behaviour, and wellbeing. Scientists established that newborns start with similar brain structure, but events during sensitive period of c...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project proposes a digital platform to track children's development in early years, aligning with the goal of assessing the impact of Early Childhood Education and Care and home learning environment.