Measuring Indicators of Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.2.1: Factor Structure of a Direct Assessment Tool in Four Asian Countries

Autor/inn/en	Richards, Ben; Rao, Nirmala; Chan, Stephanie W. Y.
Titel	Measuring Indicators of Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.2.1: Factor Structure of a Direct Assessment Tool in Four Asian Countries
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 49 (2023) 1, S.69-92 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Richards, Ben) ORCID (Rao, Nirmala) ORCID (Chan, Stephanie W. Y.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2022.2093844
Schlagwörter	Sustainable Development; Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Psychometrics; Well Being; Evaluation Methods; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Caregiver Attitudes; Learning; Numeracy; Executive Function; Communication Skills; Health; Social Cognition; Interpersonal Competence; Bangladesh; China; India; Burma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Lernen; Rechenkompetenz; Kommunikationsstil; Gesundheit; Soziale Kognition; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Bangladesch; Indien
Abstract	Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.2.1 is monitored by determining the proportion of children aged 24 to 59 months who are developmentally on track in the domains of health, learning, and psychosocial well-being. UNICEF has developed a caregiver report measure, the Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030), to measure progress towards this target. This paper examines whether a newly developed tool, the Early Childhood Development Assessment Scale--Direct Assessment (ECDAS-DA) can add value to the measurement of Target Indicator 4.2.1 by complementing UNICEF's ECDI2030, and explores the psychometric properties of the ECDAS-DA. A total of 956 children (476 girls) aged 3 to 5 years from Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar were administered the ECDAS-DA in individual sessions. Caregivers provided responses to a survey based on UNICEF's ECDI2030. Confirmatory Factor Analyses indicated that learning, health, and psychosocial well-being domains of the ECDAS-DA were three component parts of one underlying construct of early child development. Significant correlations between the ECDAS-DA and the caregiver-reported ECDI2030 survey were found in the learning and health domains but findings were mixed for the psychosocial well-being domain. Multiple measures of early development could be important in measuring SDG Target 4.2.1 and the ECDAS-DA has the potential to complement UNICEF's ECDI2030. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01