Cognitive testing of Early Childhood Development module in Bulgaria 24 October 2017 Cognitive testing of Early Childhood Development module in Bulgaria In line with the new brand strategy, use the blue wash effect on cover slide photos. A range are available in the Master Slides of this template: Click on View>Slide Master Select the cover images you prefer. Elena Atanassova, UNICEF Bulgaria Svilen Kateliev, NSI Bulgaria Use the new logo signature © UNICEF Bulgaria/2014

New ECD module New knowledge and focus in Early Childhood Development Measures overall developments status of young children related to learning, psychosocial and health Questions within the domains of: Physical Literacy-numeracy Social-emotional Learning Simple layout with title and bullet points. Don’t use a lot of text. Make sure the text is legible. ECD Cognitive testing– UNICEF for every child

Importance of an ECD module in Bulgaria ECD is among the country priorities and the priorities of the forthcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the EC SDGs monitoring – UNICEF is custodian of the ECD indicators Target 4.2 Ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education; Challenges related to data gaps Simple layout with title and bullet points. Don’t use a lot of text. Make sure the text is legible. ECD Cognitive testing– UNICEF for every child

Goals of Cognitive testing Test survey questions to determine whether potential survey respondents understand them; Understand more about how people develop answers to survey questions; Discover issues with question wording or concepts that can affect results; Find out if response options are appropriate for the situation. Simple layout with title and bullet points. Don’t use a lot of text. Make sure the text is legible. ECD Cognitive testing– UNICEF for every child

ECD module testing in Bulgaria The process/stages of the testing Challenges and benefits Next steps Simple layout with title and bullet points. Don’t use a lot of text. Make sure the text is legible. ECD Cognitive testing– UNICEF for every child

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