6 th Meeting of the Network on Early Childhood Education and Care 7-8 December 2009, Paris Item 9: Draft Template for Updating the ECEC Database Kathrin Höckel Directorate for Education Education and Training Policy Division

The OECD Database on ECEC A one-stop-shop for data on ECECone-stop-shop  Online and publicly available  Simple and user-friendly  Easy to update and extend  Flexible to include a variety of data sources Presentation of ECEC data and meta-data  Data on a particular indicator organised by topic  A sheet with meta data including:  A precise definition of the indicator  Information on data sources and their quality  Comparability issues and specific country information where relevant

Future data gathering exercise Minimising data collection effort  Use of data already available through other OECD sources (including main OECD Database, OECD Family Database, ECEC Network questionnaires)  Tight collaboration with DELSA (Child Well Being Module)  Synergies between general data updating exercise and data collection for the new project on Quality in ECEC Remaining tasks for countries  Pilot to test and refine the questionnaire  One-off data updating and extension through questionnaire administered to all countries through the ECEC Network  Future data gathering depends on ECEC Network mandate

List of topics for updating (I) Quantitative  Funding  Estimated costs of an ECEC programme (full-day; half-day) per child  Private expenditure per child (expenses by parents, employer contributions)  Ways of public spending (targeted/general, to individuals/providers, through which level of government)  Provision and access  Enrolment by type of institution (private, public, in primary schools etc.)  Number of children on the waiting list  Licensing requirements and regulatory frameworks for providers  Minimum standards for provider facilities, minimum space per child  ECEC staff (countries that already sent data are exempted)  Staff-children ratio  ECEC staff wage in comparison with minimum wage/with primary school teachers  ECEC staff working hours, turnover rates

List of topics for updating (II) Qualitative  Governance  Main responsibility for policy development, funding, legislation, provision and quality control  Integration (countries that already sent data are exempted)  Data collection and research  Monitoring mechanisms  Evaluation of ECEC data and ECEC research centres  Curriculum and pedagogy  Curriculum and pedagogy from age 3-6 and under 3  Recent developments in policy  Outcomes  Formal measurement (literacy and numeracy, school-readiness test etc.)  Longitudinal data linking participation in ECEC with improved later learning outcomes

Timeline and next steps for implementation 8 January 2010 Country comments on data presentation and list of indicators to be updated Q Development of the questionnaire by the Secretariat and piloting Q Countries to send responses to the Secretariat Q Country responses to the questionnaire Q Country responses to the questionnaire Q3 – Q Evidence from country responses fed into database

Questions for discussion 1.Does the suggested timeline seem reasonable to you? 2.Which country would be interested in running a pilot and assisting in developing the questionnaire? 3.How should ECEC data gathering be handled in the future?