Linking Schools and Early Years Project Evaluation: Final Report on Data Collection Round 1

Abstract

The Linking Schools and Early Years Project (LSEY) is being led by the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and funded by The R. E. Ross Trust. It is being implemented in three sites in Victoria. This report describes the findings from the first round of data collected for the impact/outcomes component of the evaluation, and process findings from the first full year of implementation. The impact/outcomes data is based on surveys completed by parents/carers of children starting prep in 2008; from school principals; from early childhood education and care (ECEC) services; and from child and family services who provide health and human services to young children and their families.