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ERIC Number: EJ342577
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Early Screening for Special Education: How Accurate?
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others
Educational Leadership, v44 n3 p93-95 Nov 1986
Describes Minnesota's Preschool Screening program, the first to offer free, voluntary health and developmental screening for state preschoolers, and a related Early Childhood Assessment project to deal with inconsistencies in diagnostic referral rates among school districts. Questions test validity, reliability, and standardization samples and advocates accurate recordkeeping. Includes one reference. (MLH)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Recordkeeping, Screening Tests, Test Validity, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Early Childhood Assessment Project MN; Minnesota