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- Mathematics Achievement of Spanish-Speaking Kindergartners and the Impact of Teacher Characteristics: A Mediation Hypothesis
Jensen, B. (2006). Mathematics Achievement of Spanish-Speaking Kindergartners and the Impact of Teacher Characteristics: A Mediation Hypothesis.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreMeasuring Social Disparities: A Modified Approach to the Index of Child Well-Being (CWI) for Race-Ethnic, Immigrant-Generation, and Socioeconomic Groups with New Results for WhitesThe Foundation for Child Development’s Child Well-Being Index (CWI) provides a national composite measure for monitoring change in the quality of life of America’s children by indicating the average amount of change that children experience between a baseline year and a subsequent year. the method also has been implemented for whites, blacks, and Hispanics to assess trends for each group individually.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreDeveloping State Indices of Child Well-BeingThe regular production and release of the national Child Well-Being Index (CWI) by Ken Land and his colleagues has been a significant development for the field of child indicators.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreAre All Indicators Equal?: Alternatives to An Equal Weighting Strategy in the Construction of A Composite Index of Child Well-BeingThe purpose of this paper is to draw attention to problems that may arise with regard to the validity and acceptance of the CWI because of the use of the equal-weighting procedure.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreInterpreting the Foundation for Child Development’s Index of Child Well-BeingThis critical appraisal examines how to interpret the findings generated by the CWI.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreTrends and Disparities in Black, Hispanic, and White Child and Youth Well-Being: 1985-2000June 14, 2010 • Read MoreConstructing Summary Indices of Social Well-Being: A Model for the Effect of Heterogeneous Importance WeightsRevision of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 16-19, 2002, Chicago, IL. Under review for publication in a refereed social science journal.
June 14, 2010 • Read MoreAn Evidence-Based Approach To The Construction of Summary Quality-of-Life IndicesPp. 107-124 in Wolfgang Glatzer, Matthias Stoffregen, and Susanne von Below (eds.) Challenges for Quality of Life in the contemporary World.
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