Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016, Age Validation Study
South Africa, 2016
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Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016
Age Validation Study
| Name | Country code |
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| South Africa | zaf |
Child Assessment Survey
In 2015, Innovation Edge commissioned the development of South Africa's first national-level preschool child assessment tool. Finalized in 2016, the primary purpose of the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) (www.elom.org.za) is to provide the country with a national instrument to fairly assess children age 50-69 months from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. With this tool, we will be able to monitor early learning program outcomes, guide program improvement, and test program effectiveness. This study is conducted to assist Innovation Edge with the 2nd phase in the process for the development of ELOM--Age validation. In this study, ELOM tools was administered to children enrolled in public schools at the commencement of their Grade R year in 2016, in schoolf of all five quintiles in three provinces. The goal of the ELOM age validation process was to construct a sample that was likely to be as representative as possible of children eligible to enter Grade R in January 2016, drawn from across South Africa's socio-economic distribution, and including five major language groups.
The ELOM includes both direct assessment of children's performance as well as an assessment of the child's social and emotional functioning and orientation to tasks. The ELOM Direct Assessment consists of 23 items measuring indicators of the child's early development in five domains:
Gross Motor Development
Fine Motor Coordination and Visual Motor Integration
Emergent Numeracy and Mathematics
Cognition and Executive Functioning
Emergent Literacy and Language
Observation data
Individuals and institutions
Version
v1.1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
2017-02-17
Version 1 was deposited with DataFirst 20170217. Version 1.1 has minor changes to value labels and includes ID numbers generated by Innovation Edge for those schools which do not have EMIS numbers.
Scope
ELOM data includes data on the child's school: School setting (province, rural/urban, traditional), school quintile, and school name. Data on each child includes the child's age, home language, height, and child performance scores collected using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) tool developed by the researchers. This tool allows for both direct assessment of children’s performance as well as an assessment of the child’s social and emotional functioning and orientation to tasks. Direct Assessment consists of 23 items measuring indicators of the child’s early development in five domains which are internationally accepted recognised as key learning and developmental areas. These include: Gross motor development, fine motor coordination and visual motor integration, emergent numeracy and mathematics, cognition and executive functioning, and emergent literacy and language. The child's Task Orientation is also rated by the assessor during direct assessment. The child’s capacity for self-care (toileting), relations with peers and adults, and emotional functioning are measured with a Teacher Assessment.
Coverage
It is envisioned that the ELOM will be applied to children from a range of cultural and socio-economic settings. However, as finances did not permit a national sample, three provinces
were chosen for the study. The sample for this study then aimed to be representative of public school Grade R students in the target language groups who were between the ages of 54-66 months in selected school districts in North West (Setswana speakers only), the Western Cape (English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans speakers) and KwaZulu Natal (isiZulu speakers only).
The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the data is District Municipality
Desired target population is Grade R children in South African public schools between the ages of 54-66 months.
Producers and sponsors
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| Innovation Edge |
| Name | Role |
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| D.G. Murray Trust | Funder |
Sampling
A two-stage clustered sample design was employed. In the first stage, and in each district, probability proportional to Grade R population size sampling was used to randomly select schools within each of the five School Quintile bands. Two schools in traditional, more rural areas in each of North West and KwaZulu-Natal were recruited independently of this exercise to explore the influence of more "traditional" approaches to child rearing. In the second stage, learners were selected within Grade R classes using simple random sampling. Minimum of nine children per school were selected per cluster.
Data Collection
| Start | End |
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| 2016-01-25 | 2016-03-03 |
- Other
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| Innovation Edge |
Data collection for the project was granted ethics approval by the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town on 11 November 2015. The ethics clearance document is provided with the data.
Data was collected using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) set of tools, which include the following components: ELOM Direct Assessment Kit, ELOM Direct Assessment Kit list, ELOM Direct Assessment Manual, ELOM Technical Manual, ELOM Scoring Sheet, Open source online protocol for tablet/phone-based scoring and data capture, ELOM Teacher Assessment of the Child. Further information can be found at https://innovationedge.org.za/project/elom/
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | www.support.data1st.org | support@data1st.org |
Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
Innovation Edge. Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016, Age Validation Study [dataset]. Version 1.1. Cape Town: Innovation Edge [producer], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/m8hh-t883
Contacts
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| DataFirst Support Site | UCT | support@data1st.org | www.support.data1st.org |
Metadata production
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
2024-05-31
Metadata version
Version 5