Earning Criteria

• Describe the central purposes of assessment, for example: • collecting evidence with the goal of supporting young children’s ongoing development and learning • identifying children through initial screening and ongoing assessment who may benefit from specialized health, educational, and developmental services • program evaluation and monitoring trends • high stakes accountability
• Describe the role of central practices in assessment in supporting young children’s development and learning. Examples of central practices in assessment include: • observation methods • documentation • screening tools • formal assessments
• Describe how assessment is a positive tool supporting young children’s learning and development, serving to inform, for example: • the learning environment • curriculum • teaching strategies
• Provide a comprehensive description of common early childhood assessment procedures and their structure, strengths, and limitations, for example: • High Scope Child Observation Record • Teaching Strategies GOLD • Work Sampling System
• Provide a comprehensive description of common early childhood screening tools and their structure, strengths, and limitations, for example: • Ages and Stages Questionnaire, • Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status, • Batelle Developmental Inventory- Normative Update Screening Test, • Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, • Brigance Early Childhood Screening
• Provide a comprehensive description of common early childhood observation methods and their structure, strengths, and limitations, for example: • running record, • anecdotal record, • checklist, • frequency count, and time sampling
• CHLD 128
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