Early Years Toolkit SUMMA

SUMMA provides the region with a platform of effective educational practices for early years. The platform translates the Early Years Toolkit developed by the Education Endowment Foundation, synthesising robust evidence from the Global North on the effectiveness of 10 strategies to improve learning outcomes in early years education. This evidence offers a starting point, and readers are invited to consider the particularities of each context in the region.

For each strategy, an estimate of the expected impact and the cost associated with its implementation is provided. This tool aims to support pedagogical decision-making at the level of public policy and within educational communities, helping to focus efforts and resources on the practices with the strongest evidence.

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? An intervention strategy is an educational practice whose impact on learning has been evaluated through comparative studies and synthesised using meta-analysis.
Intervention strategies
? The cost estimaates in the Toolkits are based on the average cost of delivering the intervention.
Cost
? This rating provides an overall estimate of the robustness of the evidence, to help support professional decision-making in schools.
Evidence
? The impact measure shows the number of additional months of progress made, on average, by children and young people who received the intervention, compared to similar children and young people who did not.
Impact

Communication and language approaches

High impact for very low cost based on moderate evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+7

Earlier starting age

Moderate impact for very high cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+3

Early literacy approaches

Moderate impact for very low cost based on extensive evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+4

Early numeracy approaches

High impact for very low cost based on limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+7

Extra hours

Moderate impact for very high cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+4

Parental engagement

Moderate impact for low cost based on extensive evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+5

Physical development approaches

Moderate impact for very low cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+5

Play-based learning

Moderate impact for very low cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+4

Self-regulation strategies

Moderate impact for very low cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+3

Social and emotional learning strategies

Moderate impact for very low cost based on very limited evidence.

Cost

$ $ $ $ $

Evidence

Impact (months)

+3