6th Meeting of the Network on Early Childhood Education and Care

7-8 December 2009, Paris

Item 9: Draft Template for Updating the ECEC DatabaseKathrin 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

Country responses to the questionnaire

Q2 2010

Country responses to the questionnaire

Q3 – Q4 2010

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?