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Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_ELOM_v01_M
Producer(s)
Innovation Edge
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ZAF_2016_ELOM_v01_M
    Title

    Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Child Assessment Survey
    Abstract

    This dataset consists of early learning development data collected using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) assessment tool. The ELOM was developed on behalf of Innovation Edge by Andrew Dawes, Linda Biersteker, Elizabeth Girdwood, Matthew Snelling and Colin Tedoux. Prior to the development of this tool, there was no validated South African instrument for measuring programme performance against early learning development standards. The ELOM is an age-normed, standardised instrument for use with children in two age groups: 50-59 months and 60-69 months. The tool covers both direct assessment of children’s performance and an assessment of the child’s social and emotional functioning and orientation to tasks.
    Kind of Data

    Observation data/ratings [obs]
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.1 Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date

    2017-02-17
    Version Notes

    Version 1 was deposited with DataFirst in 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. Schools with generated numbers are:

    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000001 Kafentse Kalaote
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000002 Akofanga
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000004 Laerskool Orkney
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000005 Laerskool Stilfontein
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000006 Klerksdorp Primary
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000007 Nkagisang
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000008 Bosworth
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000009 Maheelo
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000010 Buffelsfontein
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000011 Kaegile
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000012 Vyfhoek Primary
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000013 Fikadibeng
    North West Kenneth Kuanda 600000014 Buffelsvlei
    Western Cape Metro East 100000003 Kukhanyile
    Western Cape Metro East 100000007 RR Franks
    Western Cape Metro East 100000008 Kraaifontein AME

    Scope

    Notes

    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.
    Keywords
    Early child development Early learning

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The assessment was undertaken in schools in the Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal, and North West Provinces of South Africa
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the data is province.
    Universe

    The assessment focused on children between the ages of 49-69 months in the selected schools.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Innovation Edge
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    D.G. Murray Trust Funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2016-01-25 2016-03-03
    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 11 November 2015. The ethics clearance document is provided with the data.
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected using the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) tool which includes 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.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town www.support.data1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements

    ELOM Project. Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Cape Town: Innovation Edge [producer] 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor] 2017.

    Contacts

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