Research Questions

• What are the added gains of children in ECCD versus children who are not in ECCD over the course of one academic year?
• Which ECCD type (community, CSO, private, NFE parenting) produces the greatest gains in children’s early learning and development in one academic year?
• How does children’s learning and development vary as the ECCD center quality improves?
• How does children’s learning and development varyas the quality of the home environment improves?
• Which children are most disadvantaged at the start of the academic year and how does the ECCD program (through centers or parents) address inequity?