The Aspirations of Measurement for Change

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 the use by practitioners and researchers within ECD of data, decision making, monitoring, evaluation, and learning that strives to be: Dynamic; Inclusive; Informative; Interactive; and People-centered.