International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks (INCA)
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has responsibility in England to monitor and evaluate the early years curriculum and as part of this programme commissioned an international review of the early years curriculum in 20 countries.
The review was in two parts: firstly, the production of an Interim Report which formed the basis for a discussion of key issues across the participating countries at an invited international seminar; and secondly, the production of a Final Report, which summarises international perspectives on the early years curriculum and presents an agenda for future action.
This report, published in July 2002, has been written by Dr Tony Bertram and Professor Chris Pascal, Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Birmingham.
View the report: 
PDF file: Early Years Education: An international perspective (464KB).
This is one of a series of studies conducted as part of the International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks (INCA) project carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales, on behalf of the QCA.