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01-12-2006 | Editorial

Using Assessment to Improve the Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education

Auteurs: Andrew Downs, Paul S. Strand

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 6/2006

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Since the 1960s early childhood intervention and education has been a national priority. Specifically, federal legislation has mandated the development and delivery of preschool programs targeted to children most at-risk for educational failure due to disabilities and poverty (PL 88–452, 1964; PL 90–358, 1968). Subsequently, the number of preschool programs available for such children has dramatically increased to the point that they are publicly funded in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006a). …

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Titel: Using Assessment to Improve the Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education
Auteurs: Andrew Downs
Paul S. Strand
Publicatiedatum: 01-12-2006
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 6/2006
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-006-9080-7

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