Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2019, Grade R Assessment - South Africa

Abstract
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The 2019 ELOM data was collected withthe ELOM set of tools on children who have been exposed to Grade R education. Prior to the development of the ELOM, 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 ELOM 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

The 2016 ELOM data was used to standardise the ELOM tool as age-validated on a sample that is very likely to be representative of the range of socio-economic backgrounds of South African children and for children speaking different languages. The 2018 data collection was also an assessment of the ELOM programme. The 2019 ELOM study used the ELOM score to monitor trends over time in the proportion of children aged 4 to 6 years who were on track for age in key areas of development. The variable "Programme year" in the 2019 roundg of data represents how long the child has been in the programme (or school).

Geographic coverage
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The assessment was undertaken in schools in the , Eastern Cap,e KwaZulu-Natal, North West, and Western Cape provinces of South Africa.

Analysis unit
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Individuals and institutions

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

Kind of data
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Other

Mode of data collection
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Other [oth]

Research instrument
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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 appraisal
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A similar set of data was collected by Innovation Edge for the standardisation of ELOM in 2016. However, it is not advised that researchers compare results from the 2016 dataset with the 2019 data. The 2016 sample has no Grade R exposure. In all cases where performance is interpreted in 2019, this must be interpreted as the performance of children after receiving approximately 1 to 1.5 terms of Grade R (although recent evidence indicates that only children in Quintiles 4 and 5 schools benefit from their Grade R year).

摘要
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2019年ELOM数据集是通过ELOM工具集对接受R级教育儿童所收集的。在ELOM开发之前，南非尚无经过验证的用于衡量项目性能与早期学习发展标准的工具。ELOM是一个针对两个年龄组（50-59个月和60-69个月）的儿童使用的年龄标准化、标准化工具。ELOM包括对儿童表现的直接评估以及对儿童社会情感功能和工作导向的评估。ELOM直接评估包括23个项目，测量儿童在以下五个领域的早期发展指标：
粗大运动发展
精细运动协调和视觉运动整合
萌芽数学和数学
认知和执行功能
萌芽读写能力和语言
2016年ELOM数据用于标准化ELOM工具，并在一个很可能代表南非儿童社会经济背景范围以及不同语言儿童的样本中进行年龄验证。2018年的数据收集也是对ELOM项目的评估。2019年的ELOM研究利用ELOM分数来监测4至6岁儿童在关键发展领域的年龄跟踪趋势。2019轮数据中的“项目年份”变量表示儿童在项目（或学校）中的时间长度。
地理覆盖范围
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评估在南非东开普省、夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省、西北省和西开普省的学校进行。
分析单位
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个人和机构
总体
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评估聚焦于49-69个月龄在选定学校中的儿童。
数据类型
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其他
数据收集方式
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其他 [oth]
研究工具
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数据是通过早期学习成果测量（ELOM）工具收集的，该工具包括以下组件：ELOM直接评估套件、ELOM直接评估套件清单、ELOM直接评估手册、ELOM技术手册、ELOM评分表、基于平板/手机评分和在线数据捕获的开源协议、ELOM教师对儿童的评估。
数据评估
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创新边缘在2016年收集了类似的数据集以标准化ELOM。然而，不建议研究人员比较2016数据集与2019数据的结果。2016年的样本没有接受R级教育的经历。在所有2019年对表现进行解释的情况下，这必须解释为儿童在接受了大约1到1.5个学期的R级教育后的表现（尽管最近的证据表明，只有第4和第5分位的学校儿童能从他们的R级年中受益）。