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Presentación de Mary Young
El simposio interamericano se centró en políticas y estrategias para la transición exitosa de los niños a la socialización y la escuela, destacando la importancia del desarrollo temprano y la inversión en la educación. Se presentó el EDI como una herramienta clave para medir el desarrollo infantil y abordar vulnerabilidades en comunidades, proponiendo un enfoque proactivo desde el embarazo hasta la infancia. Los participantes discutieron la necesidad de adaptar y aplicar estas estrategias para mejorar los resultados en el desarrollo infantil y la preparación escolar.
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- #4 Because 85% of a child’s core brain structure is formed by age 3, investing in the early years has the highest return compared with investing in later remedial training.We need to take advantage of the brain’s malleability and build strong foundations for the future. Better education does not only lead to higher individual income but also is a necessary (not always sufficient) precondition for long term economic growth. The fruits of investment in education need a long time to ripen, to translate the education of children into better human capital of the adult labor force. Educaiton is a long term investment associated with near-term costs, but in the long run, it is one of the best investments societies can make in their future.
- #8 EDI is A Population-based Measure for Communities. It was developed by the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University in Canada. The original is a 104-item questionnaire filled out by kindergarten teachers on each child in their class in the spring of the school year. The checklist requires approximately 20 minutes per child to complete and teachers are generally provided with either a stipend or release time for EDI-related activities. Information collected using the EDI is analyzed at a group level (e.g. for a census tract, neighborhood, city, etc) and is not used as a diagnostic or screening.A short form has been applied and used in developing countries (50 items).
- #12 to measure developmental/ school readiness trajectoriesIs the EDI a valid and reliable tool? Researchers have found the EDI to be a psychometrically good indicator of child well-being during the kindergarten year. These findings have been based on favorable assessments of the EDI’s: Internal consistency; Parent-teacher agreements; Inter-rater reliability; and Concurrent test-criterion validity. The predictive validity has also been assessed using three direct tests, 3 years after the EDI was first implemented. The EDI was found to have moderate predictive validity from kindergarten to third grade. Though there is no perfect instrument, we believe there is no better tool, at this time, to develop population-based measures of children’s development.
- #14 And link it with system building activitiesThe EDI is unique in that it is a well-validated, population-based developmental checklist that has been found to be easy to use by kindergarten teachers.
- #15 The 2008 study on 2000+ kids, show that more than 25% of children are vulnerable at school entryEdi can help close the inequality gap to come to a flatter gradient. Can change outcome in districts and turn around in 3 years (as demonstrated by the Australia example).