Validation Theory and Research for a Population-Level Measure of Children's Development, Wellbeing, and School Readiness

Autor/inn/en	Guhn, Martin; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Janus, Magdalena; Hertzman, Clyde
Titel	Validation Theory and Research for a Population-Level Measure of Children's Development, Wellbeing, and School Readiness
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 103 (2011) 2, S.183-191 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9841-6
Schlagwörter	School Readiness; Research Methodology; Social Indicators; Kindergarten; Well Being; Validity; Teacher Attitudes; Child Development; Cognitive Development; Social Development; Emotional Development; Physical Development; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gültigkeit; Lehrerverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Körperliche Entwicklung; Psychohygiene
Abstract	This paper delineates general validity and research questions that are underlying an ongoing program of research pertaining to the Early Development Instrument (EDI, Janus and Offord 2007), a population-level measure, on which teachers rate kindergarten children's developmental outcomes in the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and communicative domains. It describes the large-scale research projects that are using the EDI to measure children's developmental outcomes for entire populations (e.g., provinces, cities). Given the uniqueness of the EDI's use as monitoring tool, or social indicator, for children's developmental health at an early age, we spell out the opportunities and challenges that these projects provide with regard to validation research. The article sets the stage for the special issue, as it is dedicated to showcase the different aspects of the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical validation research as well as the collaborative community-based projects that are currently being undertaken with respect to the EDI. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10