The Sustainable Development Goals mandate that by 2030, all children should have access
to quality early child development opportunities, healthcare and pre-primary education. Yet …

The Toolkit provides a practical,“how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child
development measurements for use in low-and middle-income countries. Users can follow …

An estimated 6 million children under the age of five in Nigeria (out of nearly 31 million) risk
not reaching their full developmental potential. The dearth of context-relevant measures …

This opening paper presents the background to this Special Issue devoted to new
international research using Early Development Instrument (EDI). The Canadian EDI and its …

Assessing early childhood development (ECD) is crucial for researchers and for
policymakers and practitioners who work directly with children and their families around the …

Background Due to lack of culturally relevant assessment tools, little is known about
children's developmental profiles in low income settings such as Ethiopia. The objective of …

Despite global interest in supporting and monitoring early childhood development (ECD),
few valid and reliable tools exist for capturing ECD at scale across cultural contexts. This …

41 Early Childhood Matters 2016 prior to entering Grade 1. Researchers, clinicians,
educators, and community leaders contributed to the development and validation of the …

Individual-level assessments aim to quantify the developmental status of a particular child.
The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID)(Bayley, 2006) and the Ages & …

Background The development of cognitive and socioemotional skills early in life influences
later health and well-being. Existing estimates of unmet developmental potential in low-and …