OECD Policy Levers for Early Childhood Education and Care: Backgrounds, Features and Practical Experiences from Eight Countries

There’s a general agreement that quality matters in gaining significant pay-offs inearly childhood education and care (ECEC) worldwide. Based on long-term practice and investigations, OECD suggested five key policy levers... [ view full abstract ]

There’s a general agreement that quality matters in gaining significant pay-offs in
early childhood education and care (ECEC) worldwide. Based on long-term practice and investigations, OECD suggested five key policy levers to be effective in promoting quality in ECEC. It is found that OECD’s ECEC strategy and the view of ECEC assessment are important backgrounds. The main features of these policy levers are as follows: effective based on practice and investigations; emphasizing government responsibility in guarantee of ECEC quality; reflecting the concept of lifelong learning. And ECEC practice of policy levers in England, Norway, Sweden,
Portugal, Finland, Slovak Republic, Korea and Japan is valuable and can be used
for reference.