Starting Strong III: A Quality Toolbox for ECEC

Do you care about improving quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)? If yes, this is the site for you!

The Quality Toolbox is intended to present "practical solutions" for anyone with a role to play in encouraging quality in ECEC. It presents five policy levers that are likely to enhance quality, underpinned by the international research base and country experience.

If you click one of the five levers, you will find supporting materials and tools designed to help you explore ways to improve ECEC services in your country.

• About
• Action area 1: Using research to inform policy and the public
• Action area 2: Broadening perspectives through international comparison
• Action area 3: Selecting a strategy option
• Action area 4: Managing risks: Learning from other countries' policy experiences
• Action area 5: Reflecting on the current state of play
• Country materials
• List of OECD ECEC Network member contributors

Publications

• Starting Strong I – Early Childhood Education and Care
• Starting Strong II – Early Childhood Education and Care
• Starting Strong III - A Quality Toolbox for Early Childhood Education and Care
• Doing Better for Families

Related websites

• OECD Family Database
• WIKICHILD - Child well-being portal
• ECEC Contact Information

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