developmental assessment
type: Concept
narrower: applied developmental assessment

applied developmental assessment
type: Concept
definition: Assessment has become a fact of life for today's infants, children, and adolescents and their families. School testing grew after the 1983 report A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) documented that American students lagged behind students in other developed countries in school performance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Assessment, Applied Developmental]
broader: developmental assessment

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: applied developmental assessment