Created in 2007 by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), The Pennsylvania Key implements the work and supports the policies developed and managed by OCDEL. Learn More. >
Created in 2007 by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), The Pennsylvania Key implements the work and supports the policies developed and managed by OCDEL. Learn More. >The CHILD dimensions include:
Center based programs that enroll children in preschool classrooms where the majority of the children enrolled are ages three to five years old.
Information gathered during a CHILD assessment can be used by the program to help identify social and emotional climate strengths and areas for growth. The information gathered can also be used to help create the program’s continuous quality improvement plan.
The CHILD is available only to trained and reliable CHILD assessors from the Program Quality Assessment (PQA) team; however, programs may request an external assessment to fulfill the internal assessment expectation for Keystone STARS.
External CHILD assessments are conducted by a reliable CHILD assessor from the PQA team.
Assessments occur in four 20-minute coding blocks.
The program’s internal assessment team partners with a Quality Coach and CHILD Assessor when planning for and conducting internal assessments and when analyzing the information collected during the internal assessment process. Please see How to Conduct an Internal Assessment Using the CHILD for additional information.
