The Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) say that Government cash is being committed to programmes which display insufficient evidence of improved children's outcomes.
‘Despite the strong consensus that high-quality childcare provision can generate significant and sustained improvements in child outcomes, there remains a lack of clarity as to what this high-quality provision looks like in practice’ the two bodies said today in a joint statement.
Two reports into the key features of high-quality provision, published today, say that the lack of research means policy-makers are not able to focus their attention on children at greatest risk of falling behind their peers in terms of key developmental milestones.
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