Using the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)
Research, resources and data sources
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- Research using the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) and other data
- Resources to help use AEDC and other data
- Data sources - large national or state data sets
- Data sources - community profile reports
Research using the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) and other data
- AEDC research snapshots - research using AEDC including the predictive validity of the AEDC, school transition, children with additional needs and language backgrounds other than English
- Australian Early Development Census plus: mobilising data across the early life course
- Utilisation of the Australian Early Development Census(PDF, 513.63KB) 2019 - AEDC data in communities, academic research, and policymaking
- Communities and Comprehensive Child Development Monitoring: progress and priorities for 2017 (PDF, 518KB) 2017 - comprehensive child development monitoring, toddler development instrument (TDI), middle years development instrument (MDI)
- The Middle Year’s Development Instrument: school and community Implementation and use (PDF, 1MB) 2016 - utilisation of the MDI data in Victorian schools and communities
- Evaluation of the Toddler Development Instrument implementation trial (final report)(PDF, 734KB) 2020 - TDI evaluation, community engagement with the trial results
- Evaluating the implementation of the Toddler Development Instrument (interim report) (PDF, 490KB) 2019 - TDI evaluation
Resources to help use AEDC and other data
- Enabling communities to use AEDC and other data to improve outcomes for children (PDF, 2MB), 2011 - a comprehensive guide for Victorian communities using AEDC and other complementary data. Based on the research of the Local Champions project
- Linking the AEDC and the National Quality Standard - a guide to using the AEDC to meet the National Quality Standards
- Linking the AEDC and the Early Years Learning Framework - a guide to using the AEDC and the Early Years Learning Framework
- AEDC: Understanding the results - a guide to understanding the AEDC
- Linking schools and the early years - comprehensive resources on collaborative approaches following a 6-year research project in Victoria
- Engaging children in the decision making: a guide for consulting with children (PDF, 1MB) 2013 - Guide to embed the voices of children
- Data user guide and AEDC dissemination plan (PDF, 623KB) - Victorian plan to respond to the 2009 AEDC results
- Victoria’s first steps in using AEDC results (PDF, 538KB) - summary of how Victorian communities’ first steps in using AEDC data in 2009
- Centre of Research Excellence in Child Language - child language and developmental impacts on children
- E4Kids - quality in childcare, kindergarten and preschool programs
- Closing the Gap Clearing House - research and evaluation evidence on what works to to improve health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
Data sources - large national or state data sets
- Visualising The Evidence mapping series - Victorian AEDC data, child, family and community data on interactive maps
- Australian Early Development Census National report 2012 and 2009 - Australian AEDC data on interactive maps
- Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System (VCAMS) Measured on 35 outcomes: VCAMS Outcomes Framework (PDF, 567.26KB) - Victorian health, wellbeing, safety, learning and development on maps, tables and graphs
- Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset (ACMID) - Australian census, settlement and immigration data
- Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) - Australian data on communities and families (1,000 data sets from 35 sources) on interactive maps with decision support
- Top twenty data sources for describing community wellbeing in Victoria (PDF, 198KB) 2012 - Victorian data sources for community wellbeing
Data sources - community profile reports
- The State of Victoria’s Children Report - how Victorian children are faring
- Victorian results for the AEDC 2009 (PDF, 658.04KB); Supplement with maps 2009 (PDF, 658KB) - AEDC results in Victoria
- School Entrant Health Questionnaire 2013 - Victorian children’s health reported by their parents as they start school
- Whittlesea Middle Years Development Index 2013 - How children in the middle years are faring in Whittlesea
Updated 26 March 2026
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