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The LEVANTE core assessment battery is designed to provide holistic measurement of learning and development for children ages 2-12 years. The core constructs for direct child assessment were chosen to examine learning outcomes and the precursors to learning outcomes. Selected as key domains of interest for both education and cognitive development, the direct child assessment battery includes measures of language/literacy, numeracy/mathematics, reasoning, executive function, spatial cognition, and social cognition. Children also answer questions about their well being, peer relationships, and feelings about school.
Caregiver and Teacher reports offer an additional source of information about children and the broader contexts of influence on children’s development. These reports add new information about the children in addition to providing a complementary picture to overlapping direct child assessment (ex: executive function and social cognition). Domains of interest for the caregiver survey include physical health, language exposure, early learning activities, social emotional development, broader home and community environment, and caregiver well-being. Constructs within the teacher survey include school climate, teacher background and pedagogy, and classroom instruction.
The LEVANTE researcher site provides an up-to-date source of detailed information about measures.