Early child development from measurement to action [[electronic resource] ] : a priority for growth and equity / / editor, Mary Eming Young with Linda M. Richardson

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.71
• Soggetto topico: Child development; Child welfare; Early childhood education; Children - Services for; Evaluation research (Social action programs)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: YoungMary E. <1955-> RichardsonLinda M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Early child development from measurement to action
• ISBN: 1-281-00092-2; 9786611000929; 0-8213-7087-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451741403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II