DATA TOOLS

“The ELOM results showed us that our children were not doing well in numeracy. We looked to other organisations for ideas on how to strengthen our programmes. We now have more numeracy modules incorporated into our progaramme and we expect the endline assessment to reflect a better numeracy result.”

“ELOM has shown us what is possible for children to achieve despite their socio-economic background.”

“DataDrive2030 has been very helpful in preparing the assesment outputs and we use those data insights in our fundraising proposals, which are stronger as a result.”

"The ELOM is a major asset for the South African ECD sector. The more high-quality feedback we have on our children's learning and development, the better equipped we are, as practitioners, to support their progress. The ELOM team has been wonderful to work with. They helped us at every step of the way to ensure our first round of assessments went off without a hitch. Based on how efficient the whole process has been and how useful the insights are that we've gained, we intend to repeat it on an annual basis."

"The ELOM, as a South African normed tool, has been such an incredible addition to the early learning sector in South Africa. And the large-scale studies that have been conducted, like Thrive by Five, provide the sector with such a valuable resource in reference groups that enable comparison, and allow future tracking of South Africa’s progress. The ELOM team's input and guidance on how to effectively use the tool, has been instrumental in improving the rigour and quality of our evaluations and programme learning. This has provided vital support to SmartStart in our goal of increasing access to quality early learning for all South Africa’s children".