The Restacking the Odds Indicator guide: Quality, quantity and participation indicators across early years services and why they’re important (Second edition)

This guide provides a collection of evidence-based lead indicators for five key early childhood services: antenatal care, nurse home visiting, early childhood education and care, parenting programs and the early years of school (P-3). It is designed for use by:

• local community organisations
• government staff e.g. funders of services across the early years; and policy advisors 
• service providers
• measurement and evaluation specialists
• researchers.

The framework of lead indicators can be used to:

• better measure service performance and provide more effective and efficient services (and avoid wasting time, money and effort on approaches that fail to deliver results)
• better respond to the needs of children and families in their community, especially those experiencing vulnerability and disadvantage
• learn and share with others striving to improve children’s outcomes
• capture evidence for insights, innovation and advocacy.