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Author: Stenner, A. Jackson
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1. Rock, Donald A.
Stenner, A. Jackson
Assessment Issues in the Testing of Children at School Entry
The Future of Children: School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps 15,1 (Spring 2005): 15-34.
Also: http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=255946
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs - Princeton - Brookings
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B, ECLS-K); Overview, Child Assessment Data; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); School Entry/Readiness; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Tests and Testing

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Summary
The authors introduce readers to the research documenting racial and ethnic gaps in school readiness. They describe the key tests, including the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), and several intelligence tests, and describe how they have been administered to several important national samples of children.
Bibliography Citation
Rock, Donald A. and A. Jackson Stenner. "Assessment Issues in the Testing of Children at School Entry." The Future of Children: School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps 15,1 (Spring 2005): 15-34.