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Unlocking the Power of Warm, Interactive Conversations in Early Childhood Education
2025
This Insights Lab brief, part of our Early Learning Positive Deviance Initiative, explores how warm, interactive conversation can help close the early learning gap.

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MICROCHANGE AT SCALE: USING DATA TO IMPROVE EARLY LEARNING
2025
Can small programme adjustments – backed by strong data – improve early learning outcomes for young children? They can. This case-based report demonstrates how, with practical examples of microchange in action.

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Do the benefits fade out or not? Understanding influences on short and long-term effects of preschool programmes
2025
This Insight Brief, authored by Professor Andrew Dawes, investigates what makes early learning benefits last and what causes fadeout.

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How-To Guide: Understand the ELOM Standards
2025
This How-To Guide, developed and published by DataDrive2030, explains the standards of the ELOM suite of early learning measurement tools.

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The ELOM-R tools: Assessing children’s readiness to learn in Grade 1
2025
This document outlines the intended use of the ELOM-R tools, their composition, and the outcomes of the psychometric analysis, standardisation, and norming process.

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Insight Brief: Quality Counts – Exploring the Quality of Early Learning Programmes in South Africa
2024
The aim of this insight brief is to explore the data collected to date to better understand the quality of ELPs in South Africa and the relationship with child outcomes.

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How-To Guide: Using The ELOM Tools for a Community Assessment
2024
This How-To Guide, developed and published by DataDrive2030, explains how to use the ELOM suite of early learning measurement tools for a community assessment.

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How-To Guide: Planning Random Sampling of Children for an ELOM Study
2024
This How-To Guide, developed and published by DataDrive2030, explains how to randomly sample children for an Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) assessment.

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How-To Guide: Random Sampling of Children in the Field
2024
This How-To Guide, developed and published by DataDrive2030, explains how to randomly sample children for an Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) assessment in the field.

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South African Early Childhood Review 2024
2024
The South African Early Childhood Review presents data and analysis on essential components of the comprehensive package of ECD services, as well as the status of children under 6 years.

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Data Insights: An Exploration of Differences Between Boys and Girls
2024
This report explores differences between boys and girls aged 50-59 months across motor, cognitive, and socio-emotional functioning.

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Journal Article: Can community-based playgroups targeting low-income children improve learning outcomes prior to Grade R in South Africa?
2021
This journal article published in Early Education and Development journal assesses the effectiveness of community playgroups on children’s preparedness for the first formal year of schooling,

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Journal Article: The development of the South African ELOM
2019
Description of the rationale and method for the development of the ELOM tools published in Child journal in 2019.

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