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Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2018
Early Learning Programme Outcomes Study

South Africa, 2018
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Reference ID
zaf-ie-elom-2018-v1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25828/PA4Z-9X16
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Innovation Edge
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-ie-elom-2018-v1
    Title
    Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2018
    Subtitle
    Early Learning Programme Outcomes Study
    Abbreviation or Acronym
    ELOM 2018
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Child Assessment Survey
    Abstract
    The Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2018 examines the relative effectiveness of different programmes that aim to improve the early learning outcomes of young children (three- to five-year-olds) from low-income backgrounds. Descriptive analyses were undertaken of five of these programmes. The study investigated their relative effectiveness, as well as the contribution of child, programme, and home factors to a change in the children’s ELOM performance over the course of the interventions. Children were assessed using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) from March to October 2018. Early Childhood Development practitioners were interviewed to gather data about the programme that may affect children’s early learning outcomes. Significant improvements in total ELOM scores were observed for all four programmes included in multi-level modelling, with the extent of change ranging from 13 to 20 ELOM standard score points. A summary report is provided with the dataset. The full technical report from the study is available on request from info@innovationedge.org.za
    Kind of Data
    Observation data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals and institutions

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2021-04-08

    Scope

    Notes

    The 2018 data included a review of the ELOM Programme that uses the ELOM set of tools. ELOM measure 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

    Keywords
    Early child development Early learning

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The ELOM 2018 assessments were undertaken with children in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and the Western Cape.
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is Province.
    Universe
    Desired target population is

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Innovation Edge
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    DG Murray Trust Funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2018-03 2018-10
    Data Collection Mode
    • Other
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Innovation Edge
    Supervision
    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 22 February 2018.
    Data Collection Notes
    Data was collected using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) suite 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 on the ELOM tools can be found at https://innovationedge.org.za/project/elom/

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements
    Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2018, Early Learning Programme Outcomes Study [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Innovation Edge [producer], 2021. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/PA4Z-9X16

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Support Site UCT support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2024-05-31

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2

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