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The COR ADVANTAGE: Observation-based child assessment

Drive child outcomes, measure progress and guide your program

Discover COR Advantage—the observation-based child assessment tool built on 36 items that best prepare children for school success. COR Advantage saves educators time and keeps them focused on what matters most.

With the COR Advantage online tool, educators capture and record child development and then use that valuable insight to create individualized lesson plans and detailed reports on child and classroom progress.

The tool’s built-in support increases scoring accuracy, delivering consistent data that educators can rely on to guide their program to the next level.

The COR Advantage 8 observation-based categories:

• Approaches to learning
• Social and emotional development
• Physical development and health
• Language, literacy, and communication

• Mathematics
• Creative arts
• Science and technology
• Social studies

COR Advantage measures 34 items across these eight major areas of growth and development, with two additional items specifically designed to support French and English language learning. And since COR Advantage focuses on development rather than age, it is appropriate for children with special needs.

Proven valid and reliable

Criterion-referenced and research-based, COR Advantage has been proven valid and reliable through rigorous validation studies. COR Advantage is aligned to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, and can be used with any developmentally appropriate curriculum.