6th Meeting of the Network on Early Childhood Education and Care 7-8 December 2009, Paris Item 9: Draft Template for Updating the ECEC Database Kathrin.
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6th Meeting of the Network on Early
Childhood Education and Care
7-8 December 2009, Paris
Item 9: Draft Template for Updating
the ECEC Database
Kathrin Höckel
Directorate for Education
Education and Training Policy Division
The OECD Database on ECEC
A one-stop-shop for data on ECEC
Online and publicly available
Simple and user-friendly
Easy to update and extend
Flexible to include a variety of data sources
Presentation of ECEC data and meta-data
Data on a particular indicator organised by topic
A sheet with meta data including:
A precise definition of the indicator
Information on data sources and their quality
Comparability issues and specific country information where relevant
Future data gathering exercise
Minimising data collection effort
Use of data already available through other OECD sources
(including main OECD Database, OECD Family Database,
ECEC Network questionnaires)
Tight collaboration with DELSA (Child Well Being Module)
Synergies between general data updating exercise and data
collection for the new project on Quality in ECEC
Remaining tasks for countries
Pilot to test and refine the questionnaire
One-off data updating and extension through questionnaire
administered to all countries through the ECEC Network
Future data gathering depends on ECEC Network mandate
List of topics for updating (I)
Quantitative
Funding
Estimated costs of an ECEC programme (full-day; half-day) per child
Private expenditure per child (expenses by parents, employer contributions)
Ways of public spending (targeted/general, to individuals/providers,
through which level of government)
Provision and access
Enrolment by type of institution (private, public, in primary schools etc.)
Number of children on the waiting list
Licensing requirements and regulatory frameworks for providers
Minimum standards for provider facilities, minimum space per child
ECEC staff (countries that already sent data are exempted)
Staff-children ratio
ECEC staff wage in comparison with minimum wage/with primary school
teachers
ECEC staff working hours, turnover rates
List of topics for updating (II)
Qualitative
Governance
Main responsibility for policy development, funding, legislation, provision
and quality control
Integration (countries that already sent data are exempted)
Data collection and research
Monitoring mechanisms
Evaluation of ECEC data and ECEC research centres
Curriculum and pedagogy
Curriculum and pedagogy from age 3-6 and under 3
Recent developments in policy
Outcomes
Formal measurement (literacy and numeracy, school-readiness test etc.)
Longitudinal data linking participation in ECEC with improved later
learning outcomes
Timeline and next steps for implementation
8 January 2010
Country comments on data
presentation and list of
indicators to be updated
Q1 2010
Development of the
questionnaire by the
Secretariat and piloting
Q2 2010
Countries to send responses
to the Secretariat
Q2 2010
Q2 2010
Country
responses
to the to the
Country
responses
Q3
– Q4
2010
questionnaire
questionnaire
Evidence
from country
responses fed into database
Questions for discussion
1. Does the suggested timeline seem reasonable to you?
2. Which country would be interested in running a pilot and
assisting in developing the questionnaire?
3. How should ECEC data gathering be handled in the future?