Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Strand, Paul S ^a   Cerna, Sandra ^b   Skucy, Jim ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Benton Franklin Head Start   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum based assessment; Early childhood; Education; Intervention; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247553319     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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