Assessing Early Childhood Development

Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bornstein, Marc H ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Individual; Measurement; Policy; Psychometrics; Reliability; Validity; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922986326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199922994.003.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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