STUDY 2
Starting Strong V - Transitions for Early Childhood Education and Care to Primary Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2017)
Starting Strong V is the fifth international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report concerning early childhood education and care. It draws on data from a questionnaire and country reports to compare transition policies and practices across 30 countries.
The importance of the transition
The report revisits the crucial role of brain development in the first three years. It emphasises that poor experiences of transition between early years and primary education can undermine and even reverse benefits of early education, whereas successful transition to primary school is foundational to lifelong learning.
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