Dr. Alexander Chew first started thinking about the importance of lollipops to education in the 1960s. With his academic and professional career focused on education, Chew sought to develop a tool that would help determine how prepared young children were to begin formal schooling. “I became interested in early education while working as a school psychologist,” Chew said.
Lollipops and education
The Lollipop Test was created by retired GSU professor Dr. Alex Chew
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