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May 18, 2017Nicole Stucke

Case Study – MEFS Predicts K Outcomes

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The Minnesota Executive Function Scale (MEFS) is a brief, tablet-based comprehensive measure of executive function skills that is nationally normed down to 2 years of age. Reflection Sciences introduced the MEFS assessment to a consortium of independent schools to be used during the admissions process. Here’s what they found: Applicants who enrolled scored 10 points higher…

December 16, 2016Nicole Stucke

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Self Regulation in Children: Improving Executive Function

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The Harvard Graduate School of Education members Stephanie M. Jones, Rebecca Bailey, Sophie P. Barnes, and Ann Partee released a project report highlighting how to define executive function, a skillset for self regulation in children. They also describe national efforts to support executive function, featuring Tools of the Mind, Lumosity, the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, the KIPP…

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Montessori Schools + Executive Function

By Nicole Stucke Child Development, early childhood education benefits, Executive Function, executive function assessment, executive function in charter schools, executive function in early education, executive function in montessori schools, executive function school readiness, executive function skills for school readiness, executive function strategies, measuring executive function in charter schools, measuring executive function in montessori schools Leave a Comment

We have teamed up with the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector to provide the Developmental Environment Rating Scale, or DERS, and the MEFS App to Montessori schools across the nation. Click here for more information and to find out how you can get started.

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