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Do Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-3 and Pre-K Classroom Assessment Scoring System Scores Need to Reach Thresholds to Predict Children’s School Readiness?
This article examines associations between young children’s school readiness and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Third Edition (ECERS-3) and the Pre-K Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Pre-K CLASS), and whether these measures need to reach thresholds to promote children’s outcomes.
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