Early childhood development assessments to test during project
| Measure | Domains covered | Age range | Respondents | Delivery and formats available |
| Caregiver-Reported Early Development Index | 1) Motor development: ability to use fine and gross movements to explore and engage with their environments 2) Cognitive development, including ability to perceive and discriminate between objects and people, solve problems, communicate needs and desires, understand language and acquire knowledge 3) Socioemotional development, including their ability to pay attention, control their impulses, understand their emotions, avoid aggression, anxiety and distress and get along with their peers and adults | 0–3 years (36 months) | Parent/caregiver | Product 1: 20 items for national Household survey Product 2: 60 items (3 domain subscales of 20 items each) good for large-scale evaluations of interventions (selected for this study). Product 3: add-ons relevant to different cultures/regions/governments Recommend product 2, but check if any add-ons for Bangladesh In-person interview format, an assessor asks each question out loud to the caregiver, who then responds with a response of yes, no or do not know. This format is appropriate in contexts in which literacy rates and/or access to the internet are low. |
| International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) (SC) | 1) Gross and fine motor development: Hopping on one foot, copying a shape, drawing a human figure, folding paper 2) Emergent literacy and language: print awareness, expressive vocabulary, letter identification, emergent writing, initial sound discrimination, listening comprehension 3) Emergent numeracy, measurement and comparison, classification/sorting, number identification, shape identification, one-to-one correspondence, simple operations, simple problem solving 4) Socioemotional development: peer relations, emotional awareness, empathy, conflict resolution, self-awareness Also 5) Health and hygiene 6) Home environment | 42–78 months 3.5–6.5 years | Child Child Caregiver | Direct child interview, where a trained assessor sits with a child and follows a scripted protocol for each question, and the assessment of children’s approaches to learning is done through assessor observation. After six of the most challenging IDELA items (in many instances novel to children), assessors are asked whether the child was persistent, motivated and attentive in her/his effort to complete the task. Health and hygiene: direct child assessment items are also available and can be added to the assessment to respond to specific health and hygiene interventions that may be occurring within ECD programmes. This extended area of assessment is not focused on specific ‘skills’ per se, but instead documents children’s knowledge and practices in the following topics: hand washing, teeth brushing, latrine use, healthy food and use of bed nets. Home environment: caregiver survey of a safe and nurturing physical environment, opportunities for children to play, explore and learn and the presence of developmentally appropriate objects, toys and books. |
| The Early Human Capability Index | Social competence Emotional maturity Language and cognitive approaches to learning Physical health and well-being Perseverance Communication skills | 3–5 years | Caregiver | Can be completed by parents/caregivers, child care workers, teachers, allied health and other health or ECD practitioner. |
| Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes |
| 4–6 years | Caregiver | Caregiver assessment and direct assessment modules are designed to work together. |