Description: Examining Early Child Development in Low-Income Countries : A Toolkit for the Assessment of Children in the First Five Years of Life

Examining Early Child Development in Low-Income Countries : A Toolkit for the Assessment of Children in the First Five Years of Life

The primary purpose of this toolkit is to provide a resource for researchers from various disciplines interested in planning and evaluating programs or interventions aimed at improving the health and development of infants and young children. The t...

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Main Authors:	Fernald, Lia C. H., Kariger, Patricia, Engle, Patrice, Raikes, Abbie
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ADAPTATION ADOLESCENCE ADULT LITERACY AGED AGGRESSIVE APTITUDES ATTENTION BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT BELIEFS CAREGIVERS CHILDHOOD CHILDREN AT RISK CLASSROOM COGNITION COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE PROCESSES COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TESTS COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPETENCE COMPETENCIES CURRICULUM DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS EARLY EDUCATION EARLY INTERVENTION EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPATHY ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FAMILIES FATIGUE FIRST GRADE GENDER GIRLS HEALTH CARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES INFANCY INFANT NUTRITION INFANTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INHIBITION INSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE INTERVENTIONS KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE SKILLS LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEARNING DISABILITIES LIBRARIES LIFE EVENTS LITERACY LIVING CONDITIONS MATURATION MEMORY MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOTIVATION MOTOR SKILLS NUTRITION OLDER CHILDREN PARENTING PERCEPTION PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE FEEDBACK PRE-SCHOOL PERIOD PRESCHOOLERS PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY QUALITY CONTROL READING REASONING RECALL RECOGNITION RISK FACTORS RURAL GIRLS SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCREENING SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIAL WORKERS SPEECH TEACHERS TEACHING THINKING THOUGHTS VERY YOUNG CHILDREN VIOLENCE WAGES WALKING WORKERS WORKING MEMORY YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/499021468332411850/Examining-early-child-development-in-low-income-countries-a-toolkit-for-the-assessment-of-children-in-the-first-five-years-of-life http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28107

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Summary:	The primary purpose of this toolkit is to provide a resource for researchers from various disciplines interested in planning and evaluating programs or interventions aimed at improving the health and development of infants and young children. The toolkit aims to: provide an overview of issues affecting early development and its measurement; discuss the types of tests typically used with children under five years; provide guidelines for selecting and adapting tests for use in developing countries, and make recommendations for planning successful assessment strategies. The toolkit focuses on children who have not yet entered school, and are thus under six years old. The primary reason we are focusing on this age group is that during the first five years of life, children's language, early understanding of mathematics and reading, and self-control emerge. The extent to which children master these skills during this critical period has implications for success in school (Lerner, 1998), and thus we wanted to focus on children in this pre-school period. The toolkit is essential at this time for the following reasons: children in developing countries are growing up at a disadvantage; assessments of children must expand to include a wider range of outcomes; and no such toolkit exists as present.

Examining Early Child Development in Low-Income Countries : A Toolkit for the Assessment of Children in the First Five Years of Life

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