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ECDM Newsletter, July 2023

The July 2023 issue of ECD Measure’s quarterly newsletter shares the continuation into Phase III of the Together for Early Childhood Evidence project in partnership with Palladium Group under the CATALYZE program. Other updates include the team’s participation in the Schools 2030 Global Forum and more. Access the newsletter online Subscribe to receive the next newsletter in […]

Jul 13, 2023

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Together for Early Childhood Evidence Continues to Next Phase

We are pleased to announce that Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) will be continuing into a third phase through 2025. Originally convened in 2018, T4ECE has been promoting early childhood data and measurement in low- and middle-income countries. Since 2020, the ECD Measure Group at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has hosted T4ECE […]

Jul 12, 2023

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ECDM Newsletter, April 2023

The April 2023 issue of ECD Measure’s quarterly newsletter shares the recent work of Together for Early Childhood Evidence, including our T4ECE meeting at CIES 2023 and our work in supporting USAID Malawi to select tools to measure ECD. Access the newsletter online Subscribe to receive the next newsletter in your inbox

May 3, 2023

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Sorting through the Measurement Issues in Early Childhood: Opportunities, Cautions and New Directions

By: Dr. Joan Lombardi ECD Measure and USAID recently brought together nearly 50 early childhood stakeholders in Washington, DC at the 2023 Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Conference for a Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) meeting to discuss how countries, USAID, and T4ECE partners are making progress in building data informed early childhood systems. Dr. Joan […]

Apr 4, 2023

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Together for Early Childhood Evidence Teams convene in Mauritius

ECD Measure was pleased to partner with USAID and the Association for Development of Education in Africa Inter-Country Quality Node-Early Child Development (ADEA ICQN) to convene Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) task force teams in October 2022 as a side event to the ADEA 2022 Triennale in Mauritius. This meeting convened forty T4ECE Task Force members […]

Dec 8, 2022

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ECDM Newsletter, September 2022

The September 2022 issue of ECD Measure’s quarterly newsletter shares recent work of the Consortium, including a brief summarizing the work of Together for Early Childhood Evidence teams in Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa and Liberia towards building effective early childhood monitoring and measurement systems. Access the newsletter online Subscribe to receive the next newsletter in your […]

Oct 11, 2022

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A Spotlight on Developing Liberia’s First ECE Program Catalogue

Authors: Dr. Cecelia Cassell- Dean at the Teachers College, University of Liberia Gabriel L. Nelson, MPH, CDPM- Director of Early Childhood Education at the Ministry of Education, Liberia The Liberian Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) country task force team, under the leadership of the University of Liberia and the Ministry of Education recently created the country’s first catalog […]

Aug 3, 2022

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A Spotlight on Rwanda’s Measuring Classroom Quality Study

The Rwanda Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) country task force team, under the leadership of Save the Children Rwanda recently collected data on the quality of pre-primary classrooms. An important part of the project was the capacity building and training of government officials in collecting and using this data.  In this blog, we explore […]

Aug 3, 2022

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ECD Measure Newsletter, June 2022

The June 2022 issue of ECD Measure’s quarterly newsletter shares recent work of the Consortium, including recent blogs from the Together for Early Childhood Evidence teams in South Africa and Ethiopia highlighting their work to support strengthening and developing effective early childhood monitoring and measurement systems. Access the newsletter online Subscribe to receive the next newsletter […]

Jul 9, 2022

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A Spotlight on South Africa’s Thrive by Five Index

Author: Sonja Giese, Former Founding Executive Director of Innovation Edge Experiences and relationships boost children’s growth in the first five years of growth, generating millions of connections in their brains. In fact, children’s brains form connections faster throughout the first five years of life than at any other point in their lives. Countries in Africa are […]

Jun 15, 2022

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