Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016

South Africa, 2016

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Reference ID

ZAF_2016_ELOM_v01_M

Producer(s)

Innovation Edge

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Jun 12, 2018

Last modified

Jun 12, 2018

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Identification

Survey ID Number

ZAF_2016_ELOM_v01_M

Title

Early Learning Outcomes Measure 2016

Country/Economy

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

Keyword
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 Collection Mode

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

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 Collectors

Name
Innovation Edge

Access policy

Contacts

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

Access authority

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_2016_ELOM_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata producer

Date of Metadata Production

2017-10-11

DDI Document version

Version 1.1 (June 2018)
Identical to DataFirst Version 1 (zaf-ie-elom-2016-v1.1), except for DDI and ID fields that were edited.

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