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Advancements in Assessing the Early Educational Experiences of Diverse Children and Families Living in Poverty

Sun, April 6, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Convention Center, Floor: 200 Level, 203A

Session Type: Symposium

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Arguably the most important need in early childhood education at this time is high-quality assessments of children’s school readiness. This symposium showcases several innovative advances in high-quality assessment of early education and development for diverse populations of children and families living in poverty. The four papers will examine the development and validation of assessment tools that measure child- and family-level constructs related to school success in the context of urban poverty. Each assessment covers key domains of early learning and development that have been under-developed thus far (e.g., science knowledge, social-emotional skills, family engagement), especially for use with cultural/linguistically diverse groups. These studies use advanced psychometric methodology to bring the best science to the next generation of early childhood assessments.

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