The matter of assessor variance in early childhood education: Or whose score is it anyway?

Author(s): Waterman, Claire; McDermott, Paul; Fantuzzo, John W.; Gadsden, Vivian L.;
Date Issued: Q1 2012
Description: An examination of the relative proportions of score variation attributable to both assessors and children on assessments administered both outside of classrooms by extramural assessors and for measures administered by teachers within classrooms, based on data from multiple cohorts of Head Start and kindergarten children from the 254 Head Start classrooms in a public school system in a large city the eastern United States
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Funder(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) ; United States. Administration for Children and Families ; United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ; United States. Head Start Bureau ; United States. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services ; Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.)
Journal Title: Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Volume Number: 27
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 46-54
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Assessment & Measurement

Research & Evaluation Methods > Measures

Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce
Country: United States
ISSN: 0885-2006 Paper
1873-7706 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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