Research based information about instructional utility of various diagnostic measures The use of diagnostic tests in Reading First schools should be guided by current research on the instructional utility of various types of diagnostic assessment.
Foster is defined as to promote or encourage or to raise a child who is not one's biological or adoptive child. An example of foster is to help a new company campaign grow. An example of foster is to take in a child from an orphanage until permanent parents adopt him.
For the Earned Income Credit, a foster child is defined as an individual who is placed with you by an authorized placement agency or court order. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year.