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This document reviews 49 assessment measures that were designed for, or could be used with, pre-school children between the ages of three and five. The assessments have been classified into the following categories: (1) cognitive skills, (2) language, (3) social adjustment and behavior, (4) physical skills, (5) developmental and clinical measures, (6) general tests and assessments, and (7) miscellaneous. Descriptions, reliability, validity, norms, and comments are presented for each test reviewed. Priority has been given to British measures, and to those measures which are accessible. Also included is a list of other sources of information about tests and assessments for young children, as well as a list of test publishers' names and addresses. (PN)

Report of the project 'Continuity of Children's experience in the Years 3 to 8'

The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume covers 1645 to 1714, which saw the rise of new media forms, and transformations in performance spaces, bookselling, and the concept of authorship.

Volume Three. -- "The New York Times Book Review"

A memoir consisting of episodes in the life of Margaret Benham. Its genesis was in the author's participation in "Save Your Life," a memoir-writing group.

This first collection of Margaret Mead's personal correspondence creates a vivid and intimate portrait of an American icon--with a foreword by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.