Research programme
IELS: Early Learning
The OECD International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study, and what it shows about measuring young children.
- Studies
- 3
- Span
- 2018 to 2026
- Published
- 2
- Under way
- 1
Studies in this programme
Under review2026
My child is best: how parents' affection distorts assessment scales
Parents rate their own children generously, and it bends the scale rather than just shifting it.
Published2020
Early childhood education attendance and proficiency at fifteen
Whether time in early childhood programmes still shows in performance ten years later.
Published2018
The power and promise of early learning
What early learning does for later outcomes, and what can be measured at age five.
Publications from this programme
- 2020Attendance in early childhood education and care programmes and academic proficiencies at age 15OECD Education Working PapersWorking paper
- 2018The power and promise of early learningOECD Education Working PapersWorking paper