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For courses in Assessment in Early Childhood
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How to do authentic classroom-based assessment, interpret the information, and use it to plan curriculum that is responsive to and supportive of children's learning.
Assessing and Guiding Young Children's Development and Learning is designed to help teachers conduct authentic, early childhood, classroom-based assessment, interpret the information that's gathered, and ultimately use the information to plan responsive, supportive curriculum that ensures optimal learning for children, ages three to eight. The authors include coverage of the teacher's legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities in assessment; how to organize for summary assessment and formative assessment; how to understand standardized assessments; and how to communicate with parents. A special appendix helps teachers design assessments in all developmental domains and includes suggested behaviors to observe and charts to help teachers identify the next steps in learning and development. The Sixth Edition has been revised and updated to reflect the rapidly developing concepts of appropriate assessment, expected educational outcomes, the way young children develop and learn, how the authentic assessment process relates to the use of formal state-mandated assessments, and the early childhood teacher's assessment responsibilities.
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Contents
CHAPTER 1
Assessment in Early Childhood: A Work in Progress
CHAPTER 2
Legal, Ethical, and Professional Responsibilities in Assessment
CHAPTER 3
Why, What, and When to Assess
CHAPTER 4
Documenting: Collecting Information
CHAPTER 5
Documenting: Recording Information
CHAPTER 6
Compiling and Summarizing Information
CHAPTER 7
Interpreting Assessment Information
CHAPTER 8
Using Assessment Information
CHAPTER 9
Organizing for Assessment
CHAPTER 10
Standardized Tests: What Early Childhood Teachers Should Know
CHAPTER 11
Communicating and Collaborating Using Assessment Processes and Results
APPENDIX A
Assessment and Analysis Guides
APPENDIX B
Developmental Red Flags for Children Ages
3 to 5*
Glossary
