Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Head Start and the Measurement of Social Competence.

Raver, C. Cybele; Zigler, Edward F.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Head Start and the Measurement of Social Competence.

Raver, C. Cybele; Zigler, Edward F.

Young Children, v46 n4 p3-8 May 1991

Reflects on Head Start's beginnings, its goal of enhancing children's social competence, and errors associated with the incorporation of evaluation measures and curricula that are cognitive in orientation into its programs. Concludes that such errors must not recur. Evaluation measures and curricula must reflect concern for the child's whole person. (BB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Evaluation Problems, Intelligence Quotient, Interpersonal Competence, Measurement Objectives, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Preschool Teachers, Public Education

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Language: English

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