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Criterion Validity of the Early Communication Indicator for Infants and Toddlers
Assessment for Effective Intervention Pub Date : 2019-01-18 , DOI: 10.1177/1534508418824154
Charles R. Greenwood 1 , Jay Buzhardt 1 , Dale Walker 1 , Fan Jia 1 , Judith J. Carta 1
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The Early Communication Indicator (ECI) is a progress monitoring measure designed to support intervention decisions of the home visitors and early educators who serve infants and toddlers. The present study sought to add to the criterion validity claims of the ECI in a large sample of children using measures of language and preliteracy not previously investigated. Early Head Start service providers administered and scored ECIs quarterly for infants and toddlers in their caseload as part of standard services. In addition, a battery of language and early literacy criterion tests were administered by researchers when children were 12, 24, 36, and 48 months of age. Analyses of this longitudinal data then examined concurrent and predictive correlational patterns. Results indicated that children grew in communicative proficiency with age, and weak to moderately strong patterns of relationship emerged that differed by ECI scale, age, and criterion measure. The strongest positive patterns of relationships were between Single Words and Multiple Words and the criterion at older ages. Gestures and Vocalizations established a pattern of negative relationships to the criterion measures. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

中文翻译:

婴幼儿早期沟通指标的标准有效性

早期沟通指标 (ECI) 是一项进度监测措施,旨在支持为婴幼儿提供服务的家庭访客和早期教育者的干预决策。本研究试图使用以前未调查过的语言和识字前的措施,在大量儿童样本中增加 ECI 的标准有效性声明。作为标准服务的一部分,Early Head Start 服务提供商每季度对其案例中的婴儿和幼儿进行 ECI 管理和评分。此外,研究人员在儿童 12、24、36 和 48 个月大时进行了一系列语言和早期识字标准测试。然后对该纵向数据的分析检查了并发和预测的相关模式。结果表明,随着年龄的增长,儿童的交际能力不断提高,并且出现了弱到中强的关系模式,这些模式因 ECI 量表、年龄和标准测量而异。最强的积极关系模式是在单个词和多个词之间以及年龄较大的标准之间。手势和发声建立了与标准措施的负面关系模式。讨论了对研究和实践的影响。
更新日期:2019-01-18
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