Population-level monitoring of early childhood development (ECD) can inform research and guide national policy. One approach to population-level monitoring is through the design of surveys that (a) are feasible and cost-effective to implement at scale, (b) yield well-validated summaries of children's holistic development, and (c) can ideally support comparisons across national and cultural contexts. The Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030) is a caregiver-reported household survey designed to achieve these goals for children aged 24-59 months. This paper describes how the ECDI2030 was developed and provides initial results on its reliability, concurrent validity, and gender equity in nationally representative samples from Mexico ( = 1641) and Palestine ( = 1099). Overall, the results support the use of the ECDI2030 for population-level monitoring, but also suggest that the conceptualization of social-emotional development warrants further attention from researchers. Recommendations are made about statistical analyses that can be undertaken to ensure the quality of data collected from ECD assessments in international settings.

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在人口层面监测儿童早期发展：ECDI2030

对儿童早期发展 (ECD) 进行人口层面的监测可以为研究提供信息并指导国家政策。人口层面监测的一种方法是通过设计调查，这些调查（a）大规模实施是可行且具有成本效益的，（b）得出经过充分验证的儿童整体发展总结，以及（c）可以理想地支持不同群体之间的比较民族和文化背景。 2030 年幼儿发展指数 (ECDI2030) 是一项由看护者报告的家庭调查，旨在为 24-59 个月的儿童实现这些目标。本文介绍了 ECDI2030 的开发过程，并提供了墨西哥 (= 1641) 和巴勒斯坦 (= 1099) 全国代表性样本中其可靠性、同时有效性和性别平等的初步结果。总体而言，结果支持使用 ECDI2030 进行人口水平监测，但也表明社会情感发展的概念值得研究人员进一步关注。就可进行的统计分析提出了建议，以确保国际环境下幼儿发展评估所收集数据的质量。