This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
How can a study comparing children’s early learning be expanded for other countries?
Implementing a pilot study on how children’s early learning can be developed
Challenge
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has long supported a variety of international studies to collect and report data in the U.S. and other countries.
These studies help NCES provide comparable indicators on student performance and schooling practices across countries.
The International Early Learning Study (IELS) is a new initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Its goal is to develop a detailed understanding of how children’s early learning can be developed.
NCES is implementing the U.S. pilot study of IELS to see if its model can be expanded to other countries.
Solution
The pilot study will administer one-on-one, tablet-based assessments to children; sampled children’s teachers and parents will be interviewed via web surveys.
Unlike U.S. participation in existing international studies, IELS includes a parent interview, and children are linked to specific teachers so that teachers can report on individual students.
Results
This pilot effort will provide a model that can be expanded in future years.
Focus Areas
Early Education and Care Education Educational Assessment Learning AccelerationCapabilities
Data Collection Survey DesignTopics
Complex Surveys-
Issue Brief
Young Children’s Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice by Racial-Ethnic Characteristics of Their MothersMarch 2023
Congress authorized the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) as a pilot program in 1972 and made WIC permanent in 1974.…
-
Perspective
CDISC Conformance and Compliance: So Many Resources, So Little Time!February 2023
Implementing the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards required for data management, programming, documentation, and eCTD data submission can be challenging for many reasons…
-
Expert Interview
How Will the Marine Corps Integrate Men and Women at Recruit Training?January 2023
Marine Corps recruit training is every bit as intense as it looks. Each morning starts hours before sunrise with a chorus of screaming drill instructors…