Performance of New Cognitive Assessments with Head Start Children: Emerging Evidence from FACES and AIAN, FACES 2019. OPRE Report 2022-49

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Tutrang; Malone, Lizabeth; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Larson, Addison; Cannon, Judy
Institution	Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); Mathematica
Titel	Performance of New Cognitive Assessments with Head Start Children: Emerging Evidence from FACES and AIAN, FACES 2019. OPRE Report 2022-49
Quelle	(2022), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Measurement; Cognitive Ability; School Readiness; Low Income Students; Federal Programs; Social Services; Preschool Children; Executive Function; Experience; Early Intervention; Surveys; Family (Sociological Unit); Preschool Education; Verbal Ability; Intelligence Tests; Vocabulary; Achievement Tests; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Test Items; Difficulty Level; Racial Differences; Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Erfahrung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Familie; Mündliche Leistung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Wortschatz; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Test content; Testaufgabe; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) and the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES) are separate studies done successively over time. One goal for these studies is to provide a national picture of children's readiness for school. In this research brief, the authors use data from the most recent round of FACES and AIAN FACES in fall 2019 to evaluate the performance of direct assessments of children that were used to provide that national picture. The authors conducted similar analyses using FACES 2014 and AIAN FACES 2015 data (Malone et al. 2018) and are replicating the previous analyses because the current FACES studies have new direct assessments--one added to measure executive function and three reflecting the latest editions of those direct assessments. The current analysis focuses on these new direct assessments to understand whether they are a fair estimate of children's skills and knowledge in the domains being measured. Specifically, the authors answer two key research questions: (1) How valid is the Minnesota Executive Function Scale App (MEFS App™) as an assessment of executive function for Head Start preschool children? and (2) Do the latest editions of the cognitive assessments used in AIAN FACES 2019 show any systematic item bias against AIAN preschool children compared with White, non-Hispanic children in FACES 2019? (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01