Child Trends. 2004. Early childhood measures profiles. Washington, DC: Child Trends, 404 pp. Annotation: As part of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's (ASPE's) ongoing support for federal collaboration on early childhood research through the Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) initiative, ASPE and the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) contracted with Child Trends to develop profiles of early childhood measures. This project produced a compendium of early childhood assessments commonly used to measure domains of development, including language and literacy, cognition, mathematics, social-emotional competency, and approaches to learning. Various types of ongoing observational assessments were also included. A profile of each assessment includes the purpose of the measure, key constructs, administration, and reliability information. These profiles were developed as a resource for a workshop funded by ASPE, ACYF, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, designed to bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts to advise the federal partners on the measurement and assessment of learning and development in early childhood. This compendium provides information on the current state of the field in the assessment of child outcomes, particularly in large-scale and intervention studies. Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 415F, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201, Telephone: (202) 690-6445 Secondary Telephone: (202) 690-7858 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://aspe.hhs.gov/ Available from the website. Keywords: Assessment, Cognitive development, Early childhood development, Emotional development, Language, Learning, Literacy, Measures, Research, Social skills, Young children |