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. 2020 Nov 26:8:568677.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.568677. eCollection 2020.

The Aspirations of Measurement for Change

Joachim Krapels  1 , Lotte van der Haar  2 , Wiedaad Slemming  3 , Joost de Laat  2 , James Radner  4 , Anselme Simeon Sanou  5 , Penny Holding  6
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The Aspirations of Measurement for Change

Joachim Krapels et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

This Perspective presents the five key aspirations of an approach to data use, decision making and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) in Early Childhood Development (ECD) referred to as Measurement for Change. The core ideas of Measurement for Change gave rise to this series, and many of the papers submitted in this series speak to this approach, whether directly or indirectly. The five aspirations describe interconnected concepts that advocate for practitioners and researchers within ECD to build the capacity to use data in their decision making, by establishing a monitoring, evaluation, and learning system that strives to be: Dynamic; Inclusive; Informative; Interactive; and People-centered.

Keywords: context; evaluation; learning; measurement; stakeholder.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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