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EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK - MEASURING OUTCOMES. Data and Indicators Group. DIG?. Who? - Group brings together knowledge and expertise from EYF partners;
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EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK - MEASURING OUTCOMES Data and Indicators Group
DIG? • Who? - Group brings together knowledge and expertise from EYF partners; Scottish Government, COSLA, Improvement Service, NHS Health Scotland, ISD, HMIE, SWIA, Care Commission, SCRA, Children in Scotland and Action for Children. • What for? To develop good measures of progress towards achievement of EY outcomes for children /families for use by CPPs • Why? - Concordat commitment - Early Years Framework outlines how Scottish Government and partners should monitor and report progress on implementation of EY services
Remit of EYF DIG • identify and develop a manageable and robust set of indicators against which progress toward national and local EYF outcomes can be assessed. Objectives – to support CPPs by : • Developing and refining indicators of progress that are key to early years outcomes, using the best available evidence. • Explain, through simple narratives, what each indicator, and the set as a whole, can tell us about progress towards outcomes at the local and national levels; • Identify gaps in the evidence / data required to support EYF progress measures: agree priorities for filling these gaps.
APPROACH AND METHODS • Group adopted GIRFEC “SHANARRI” well-being themes to define early years outcomes for children • Constructed “logic models” (“what needs to be in place to make the outcomes happen?”) for each theme - building on knowledge and evidence. • Develop EYF Outcomes Framework to guide thinking about appropriate indicators • Framework used to assist CPPs by identifying; • where progress indicators of most value; • What suitable data/inds are currently available; • What are the key data gaps for further work • Evolving programme - under continuous review with partners
Outputs Set of Logic Models (complete) Outcomes Framework (working draft complete) Draft suite of indicators (ongoing) Next Steps Develop short narratives - what change in indicators tells us (local and national level) Technical definitions for indicators Forward work programme to fill key gaps