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Peer reviewedHrncir, Elizabeth, J; Eisenhart, Corinne E. – Young Children, 1991
Aims to foster scrupulous use of the "at-risk" label for young children by advocating clarification of the term. Proposes caveats educators should consider before applying the label. Among these are (1) risk is not static; (2) standardized test scores are not effective predictors of risk for young children; and (3) children develop in an…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Ecological Factors
