A Snapshot of Early Childhood Development in Australia




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Document Number: 9790

A Snapshot of Early Childhood Development in Australia - Australia has adopted a national measure of children's development at school entry called the Early Development Index. This report is the first snapshot of young children's progress in various domains of growth based on this assessment. (Centre for Community Child Health & Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, December 2009) ...

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