03678nam 2200661 a 450 991045174140332120200520144314.01-281-00092-297866110009290-8213-7087-1(CKB)1000000000478906(EBL)459908(OCoLC)174965362(SSID)ssj0000086399(PQKBManifestationID)12025673(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086399(PQKBWorkID)10026178(PQKB)10513134(MiAaPQ)EBC459908(Au-PeEL)EBL459908(CaPaEBR)ebr10369830(CaONFJC)MIL100092(EXLCZ)99100000000047890620070302d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarly child development from measurement to action[electronic resource] a priority for growth and equity /editor, Mary Eming Young with Linda M. RichardsonWashington, D.C. World Bankc20071 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-7086-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.A productive investment : early child development / Rob Grunewald and Arthur Rolnick -- Early child development is a business imperative / Charlie Coffey -- Experience-based brain development : scientific underpinnings of the importance of early child development in a global world / J. Fraser Mustard -- Outcomes of the High/Scope Preschool Study and Michigan School Readiness Program / Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- The Abecedarian experience / Joseph Sparling, Craig T. Ramey, and Sharon L. Ramey -- Colombia : challenges in country-level monitoring / Beatriz Londoño Soto and Tatiana Romero Rey -- Step by step : a multicountry perspective on implementing and monitoring ECD programs / Sarah Klaus -- Canada : longitudinal monitoring of ECD outcomes / Jane Bertrand -- The early development instrument : a tool for monitoring children's development and readiness for school / Magdalena Janus -- Jamaica : recent initiatives in early childhood policy / Omar Davies and Rose Davies -- Brazil's millennium fund for early childhood / Osmar Terra and Alessandra Schneider -- Dominican Republic : competitive fund for educational innovations / Clara Baez and Guadalupe Váldez -- Indonesia : public financing of block grants for privately delivered services / Nina Sardjunani, Ace Suryadi, and Erika Dunkelberg -- Measuring child development to leverage ECD policy and investment / J. Fraser Mustard and Mary Eming Young.This book summarizes the current neuroscience on early child development and major longitudinal studies, the rationale and urgency for greater investment, and countries' innovative funding strategies.Child developmentChild welfareEarly childhood educationChildrenServices forEvaluation research (Social action programs)Electronic books.Child development.Child welfare.Early childhood education.ChildrenServices for.Evaluation research (Social action programs)362.71Young Mary E.1955-942718Richardson Linda M990500MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451741403321Early child development from measurement to action2265915UNINA