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National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection
The National Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Collection has been established to provide nationally comparable statistics on early childhood education and care (ECEC).
The National Centre for Education and Training Statistics (NCETS) is currently working with education departments to collect and process ECEC data from the Commonwealth and each state and territory. The standards and classifications for this data collection have been developed in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The National ECEC Collection is a data development activity under the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education.
Reference period: The National ECEC Collection is conducted in the first week of August each year, to coincide with the National Schools Statistical Collection.
ECEC RELATED LINKS
- Experimental Estimates of Preschool Education (cat. no. 4240.0)
The Experimental Estimates of Preschool Education publication contains experimental estimates of children's enrolment and attendance at preschool programs. The data are collected through the National Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Collection.
- National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 4240.0.55.001)
Provides information about the ECEC Collection scope and coverage, key concepts and definitions, data quality, the availability of data, and governance. The Concepts, Sources and Methods publication is released in conjunction with the Data Collection Guide
- National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Data Collection Guide (cat. no. 4240.0.55.002)
Provides detailed guidelines, instructions and definitions to assist in the collection and reporting of early childhood education and care (ECEC) data collected using both unit record level and aggregate level data collection methodologies. The Data Collection Guide publication is released in conjunction with the Concepts, Sources and Methods publication.
- Year Book Australia: Education and Training - Early Childhood Education (cat. no. 1301.0)
The Education and Training Chapter of the Year Book includes an article on Early Childhood Education.
- Childhood Education and Care Survey, Australia (cat. no. 4402.0)
The Childhood Education and Care Survey (CEaCS) collects data on the use of, and need for, child care and early childhood education for children aged under 13 years.
- Technical Manual: Childhood Education and Care, Expanded CURF, Australia, June 2008 (cat. no. 4402.0.55.002)
The Technical Manual: Childhood Education and Care provides information about the data available from the 2008 Childhood Education and Care Survey in the form of a Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF).
- Early Childhood Learning and Care: Data Sources, Gaps and Opportunities, 2008 (cat. no. 4105.0.55.001)
The Early Childhood Learning and Care Information Paper reports on a data mapping pilot undertaken by the ABS with the aim of improving the evidence base on early childhood.
- Information Paper: Measuring Learning in Australia: Concepts and Directions in Early Childhood Learning, 2007 (cat. no. 4232.0)
The Measuring Learning in Australia Information Paper outlines a project to develop quality statistics in early childhood learning, focussing on children aged 0 to 8 years.
- Information Paper: Improving Statistics on Children and Youth – An Information Development Plan, 2006 (cat. no. 4907.0)
The Improving Statistics on Children and Youth Information Paper identifies the priorities and action for information development in the area of children and youth.
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This page last updated 1 August 2012 | 
