Science

Only by conducting open-access, cutting-edge research can we enhance our knowledge on learning and developmental variability.

LEVANTE provides a solid technical, legal, and ethical foundation, enabling research teams to systematically gather and analyse data from children aged 2-12.

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Call for proposals

The first open call for proposals to join the LEVANTE network is now open. Learn more about the submission process and selection criteria to become a funded participating site.

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Scientific aims and opportunities

Explore how LEVANTE targets the variability challenge and the additional scientific opportunities it offers.

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Research questions addressed by LEVANTE

LEVANTE aims to identify how individual variability, group heterogeneity, and contextual variability influence children’s learning and development.

By including data collection of common measures on these different areas longitudinally and at a global level, LEVANTE will help researchers, educators, and policy-makers understand learning and developmental variability, thus improving future outcomes for diverse groups of children worldwide.

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Bring your research questions on!

In addition to the primary scientific aims, LEVANTE plans to create a rich array of opportunities for future investigation.

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Explore ways to join the LEVANTE network

Even in those cases where access to LEVANTE funding is not possible (e.g. implementations of the complete LEVANTE assessment or the accelerated longitudinal design are not feasible), researchers can still join the LEVANTE data sharing community, engage and collaborate with other researchers in the network, and offer their expertise.

More details on these types of partnerships coming soon. Watch this space!

LEVANTE key features

LEVANTE Core Assessment Measures

Learn more about the measures that integrate the LEVANTE assessment battery

Assessment

LEVANTE open-access infrastructure

The first cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, open-access compilation of assessment measures and data on learning and developmental variability.

Infrastructure

LEVANTE Data Repository: contribution and access

Learn about our ethics, privacy, data use, and open science policies

Ethics

Sampling, recruitment, and administration

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Guidelines

Publications

Learn more about learning variability reading the selected publications from LEVANTE contributors.

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