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Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes Minnesota's Preschool Screening program, the first to offer free, voluntary health and developmental screening for state preschoolers, and a related Early Childhood Assessment project to deal with inconsistencies in diagnostic referral rates among school districts. Questions test validity, reliability, and standardization samples and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Recordkeeping
Peer reviewedKaagan, Steve; Smith, Marshall S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Reviews the Council of Chief State School Officers' effort to establish a nationwide system of educational indicators. Suggests the benefits of such a system. (MCG)
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedSchweinhart, Lawrence J.; Weikart, David P. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Defends the authors' conclusions in this "Educational Leadership" issue that the High/Scope preschool program produced teenagers with half the delinquency rate of those experiencing teacher-directed instruction. Counters Russell Gersten and W. White's claims of research bias, defending the study's use of appropriate blind data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bias, Child Development, Data Collection
