Publications
Peer-reviewed Journals
Dormal, M. (2025). Measuring early care and education quality in Peru: Validation of the CLASS toddler. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 9, 100488.
Dormal, M., Raikes, A. & McCoy, D. (2024). Improving Measurement Efficiency of an Early Education Quality Monitoring Tool for Majority World Countries. Early Education and Development.
McCoy, D., Dormal, M., Cuartas, J., Carreira dos Santos, A., Fink, G., & Brentani, A. (2023). The acute effects of community violence on young children’s regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in Brazil. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(5), 620-630.
Araujo, M. C., Dormal, M., Grantham-McGregor, S., Lazarte, F., Rubio-Codina, M., & Schady, N. (2021). Home Visiting at Scale and Child Development. Journal of Public Economics Plus, 2, 100003.
Araujo, M. C., Dormal, M., & Schady, N. (2019). Child Care Quality and Child Development. Journal of Human resources, 54(3), 656-82.
Rubio-Codina, M., Dormal, M., & Araujo, M. C. (2019). Observing Home-Visiting Quality at Scale with the Home Visiting Rating Scales and a Supervisor Checklist in Peru. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(3), 343-62.
Lopez Boo, F., Dormal, M., & Weber, A. (2019). Validity of Four Measures of Child Care Quality in a National Sample of Centers in Ecuador. Plos One, 14(2), e0209987.
Working Papers
Araujo, M. C., Dormal, M., Lazarte, F., Oré, B. & Rubio-Codina, M. (2019). Adaptación, validación y propiedades psicométricas del ASQ-3 y del Bayley-III en niños menores de 42 meses de zonas rurales de Perú [Adaptation, Validation and Psychometric Properties of the ASQ-3 and the Bayley-III for Children Younger than 42 Months in Rural Areas of Peru]. IDB-Technical Note-1685. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Rubio-Codina, M., Dormal, M., & Araujo, M. C. (2018). Measuring Quality and Characterizing Cuna Mas Home Visits: Validation of the HOVRS-A+2 in Peru and of a Short Checklist. IDB-Working Paper Series-930. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Araujo, M. C., Dormal, M., & Rubio-Codina, M. (2018). Quality of Parenting Programs and Child Development Outcomes. IDB-Working Paper Series-951. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Lopez Boo, F., Dormal, M., & Weber, A. (2016). The Psychometric Properties of Child Care Quality Measures in Ecuador: Lessons for Monitoring Process Variables at Scale. IDB-Working Paper Series-742. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
Araujo, M.C., Rubio-Codina, M., & Dormal, M. (2016). Evaluación de impacto del Servicio de Acompañamiento a Familias del Programa Nacional Cuna Más. [Impact evaluation of the Peruvian at-scale home visiting program]. Report prepared for the Peruvian Government.
Newspaper Articles
Dormal, M. (2019, August 2). Los cuidadores de nuestros hijos también requieren cuidado [We must care for our children’s caregivers]. El PAÍS.
Dormal, M. (2019, July 6). Programas para enseñar a los niños a gestionar sus emociones [Programs that teach children how to manage their emotions]. El PAÍS.
Dormal, M. (2019, June 6). ¿Cómo se mide la calidad del cuidado infantil? [How do we measure the quality of early childhood services?] El PAÍS.
Dormal, M. (2018, November 12). Trátate con compasión. Los niños aprenden imitándote [Show self-compassion to yourself. Children learn by imitating you]. El PAÍS.
Dormal, M. (2018, July 15) Por qué el juego es clave para el desarrollo cognitivo de los niños [The importance of play for children’s cognitive development]. El PAÍS.
Selected Blog Posts
Dormal, M., Rubio-Codina, M., & Araujo, M.C. (2019, September 30). Let’s Support Those who Care for our Children [Blog post].
Araujo, M.C., Dormal, M., & Schady, N. (2019, August 5). Three Contributions to Childcare Quality Research [Blog post].
Dormal, M. (2019, July 8). Are We Paying Attention to Children’s Emotional Development? [Blog post].
Lopez Boo, F., & Dormal, M. (2019, May 16). Are Your Children Getting Quality Childcare Services? [Blog post].
Dormal, M. (2018, August 20). ¿Qué nos enseñan los tenistas sobre la crianza? [What can tennis teach us about raising children?] [Blog post].