Measuring early childhood development with The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI): a reliability and validity study in China

With the importance of early childhood development more recognized by the international society, low-cost and cross-culturally comparable measures of early childhood development is in great demand, both in China and worldwide. In this study, we aim to test the psychometrics of the Chinese version of The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI), which is designed as a measurement for school readiness in large population.

Citation:
Zhao J, Brinkman SA, Zhang Y, Song Y, Lu C, Young ME, et al. Measuring early childhood development with The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI): a reliability and validity study in China. BMC pediatrics. 2020;20(1):323.

Keywords:
Early childhood development; measurement; validation

Abstract:
With the importance of early childhood development more recognized by the international society, low-cost and cross-culturally comparable measures of early childhood development is in great demand, both in China and worldwide. In this study, we aim to test the psychometrics of the Chinese version of The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI), which is designed as a measurement for school readiness in large population.