A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries

The Toolkit provides a practical, “how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child development measurements for use in low- and middle-income countries. Users can follow the proposed step-by-step process to select, adapt, implement, and analyze early childhood development data for diverse purpos...

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Main Authors:	Fernald, Lia C. H., Prado, Elizabeth, Kariger, Patricia, Raikes, Abbie
Format:	Toolkit
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COGNITIVE TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS MOTOR SKILLS EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT HOME OBSERVATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384681513101293811/A-toolkit-for-measuring-early-childhood-development-in-low-and-middle-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29000

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spelling	okr-10986-290002021-05-26T09:05:20Z A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries Fernald, Lia C. H. Prado, Elizabeth Kariger, Patricia Raikes, Abbie EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COGNITIVE TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS MOTOR SKILLS EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT HOME OBSERVATION The Toolkit provides a practical, “how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child development measurements for use in low- and middle-income countries. Users can follow the proposed step-by-step process to select, adapt, implement, and analyze early childhood development data for diverse purposes and projects. Researchers, evaluators, and program personnel from various disciplines interested in assessing early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries will find the book useful for planning and evaluating interventions, monitoring development over time, or conducting a situation analysis. The book updates and expands a previous 2009 edition, incorporating new research on the use of child development measurement tools in low- and middle-income countries. The ECD Measurement Inventory that accompanies this Toolkit contains 147 measurement tools for children under 8 years. For each test it reports the domains assessed, age range for which the tool is appropriate, method of administration, purpose of the assessment, origin and locations of use, logistics, and cost. 2017-12-14T17:47:07Z 2017-12-14T17:47:07Z 2017-12-12 Toolkit http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384681513101293811/A-toolkit-for-measuring-early-childhood-development-in-low-and-middle-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29000 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COGNITIVE TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS MOTOR SKILLS EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT HOME OBSERVATION
spellingShingle	EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COGNITIVE TESTING LANGUAGE SKILLS MOTOR SKILLS EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT HOME OBSERVATION Fernald, Lia C. H. Prado, Elizabeth Kariger, Patricia Raikes, Abbie A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
description	The Toolkit provides a practical, “how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child development measurements for use in low- and middle-income countries. Users can follow the proposed step-by-step process to select, adapt, implement, and analyze early childhood development data for diverse purposes and projects. Researchers, evaluators, and program personnel from various disciplines interested in assessing early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries will find the book useful for planning and evaluating interventions, monitoring development over time, or conducting a situation analysis. The book updates and expands a previous 2009 edition, incorporating new research on the use of child development measurement tools in low- and middle-income countries. The ECD Measurement Inventory that accompanies this Toolkit contains 147 measurement tools for children under 8 years. For each test it reports the domains assessed, age range for which the tool is appropriate, method of administration, purpose of the assessment, origin and locations of use, logistics, and cost.
format	Toolkit
author	Fernald, Lia C. H. Prado, Elizabeth Kariger, Patricia Raikes, Abbie
author_facet	Fernald, Lia C. H. Prado, Elizabeth Kariger, Patricia Raikes, Abbie
author_sort	Fernald, Lia C. H.
title	A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
title_short	A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
title_full	A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
title_fullStr	A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
title_full_unstemmed	A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
title_sort	toolkit for measuring early childhood development in low and middle-income countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384681513101293811/A-toolkit-for-measuring-early-childhood-development-in-low-and-middle-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29000
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A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries

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