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  • Global Health
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Global standards are essential for assessing early childhood development (ECD) across diverse populations.
  • The Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030) aims to provide globally comparable data for Sustainable Development Goal target 4.2.
  • ECDI2030 measures children aged 24-59 months on health, learning, and psychosocial well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish criterion-referenced performance cut-scores for the ECDI2030 using a standard-setting exercise.
  • To ensure the ECDI2030 provides reliable and valid measures of children being developmentally on track.
  • To enable consistent global monitoring of early childhood development.

Main Methods:

  • The modified Angoff method was employed for a criterion-referenced standard-setting exercise.
  • Fifteen global early childhood development experts provided input.
  • Population data from Mexico and the State of Palestine informed the calibration of age-specific cut-scores.

Main Results:

  • Robust performance standards were generated through the standard-setting process.
  • Five age-specific cut-scores were established for the ECDI2030.
  • The proportion of children developmentally on track was estimated, with disaggregation by sex and early childhood education attendance.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully adapted standard-setting methodology for a child development measure.
  • Criterion-referenced standards ensure ECDI2030 cut-scores reflect expert consensus on child development milestones.
  • This approach validates the ECDI2030 for defining and measuring children as developmentally on track globally.