AGGREGATE LEVEL DATA ELEMENT COLLECTION INSTRUCTIONS
For the 2013 National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection (the Collection), an aggregate data collection methodology supports the collection of information on child and teacher data at the service provider level. For the Collection, aggregate data can only be presented in terms of episodes of preschool program delivery, where an episode refers to a preschool program provided to a child. When one child attends two different preschool programs, the child is attending two episodes of preschool.