The OECD Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS Starting Strong) is the outcome of a collaboration among the participating countries, the OECD Secretariat and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) with its international consortium partners RAND Europe and Statistics Canada.
The development of this report was guided by Andreas Schleicher and Yuri Belfali and led by Stéphanie Jamet. The report built on preparatory work led by Arno Engel and was drafted by the OECD Early Childhood Education and Care team with co-ordination from Elizabeth Shuey. Stéphanie Jamet was the lead author of Chapter 1 and wrote Chapter 2 with Clara Barata (external consultant); Elizabeth Shuey was the lead author of Chapter 3; Arno Engel wrote Chapter 4 with Joana Cadima (external consultant); and Chapter 5 was co-authored by Victoria Liberatore and Théo Reybard. Statistical analyses and outputs were co-ordinated by Elisa Duarte and Francois Keslair with assistance from Luisa Kurth and Lorenz Meister. Victoria Liberatore was the lead author of Annex A. The initial survey development and implementation phase was led by Miho Taguma.
Mernie Graziotin supported report preparation, production, project co-ordination and communications with additional support from Leslie Greenhow. Cassandra Davis and Henri Pearson also provided support for report production and communications. Susan Copeland was the main editor of the report and Eleonore Morena was responsible for the layout. Additional editorial assistance was provided by Natalie Potter. The authors wish to thank members of the OECD Extended Early Childhood Education and Care Network on TALIS Starting Strong, National Project Managers, the international consortium, the Questionnaire Expert Group and Technical Advisory Group who all provided valuable feedback and input at various stages of the data and report production.
The development of the report was steered by the OECD Extended ECEC Network, chaired by Bernhard Kalicki (Germany).
The technical implementation of TALIS Starting Strong was contracted out to an international consortium of institutions and experts directed by Juliane Hencke (IEA) and co-directed by Steffen Knoll (IEA) with support from Alena Becker, Viktoria Böhm, Juliane Kobelt, Ann-Kristin Koop, Agnes Stancel-Piątak, David Ebbs and Jean Dumais (sampling referee). Design and development of the questionnaires were led by a Questionnaire Expert Group led by Julie Belanger (RAND Europe), and an independent Technical Advisory Group provided guidance on the technical aspects of the survey. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution to TALIS Starting Strong of the late Fons van de Vijver, who was Chair of the Technical Advisory Group.
Annex E of this report lists the various institutions and individuals that contributed to TALIS Starting Strong.