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"Appropriate assessment of young children involves parents, teachers, and the children themselves. Kingore takes the portfolio method even further and makes a case for the involvement of early childhood educators and school administrators as well."
—Sue Javid, Early Childhood Consultant
Macomb Intermediate School District, Clinton Township, MI
"This book will contribute a great deal to the knowledge and skills teachers must have to successfully implement authentic assessment in pre-primary and primary grades. Provides the knowledge, insight, and compelling arguments on why portfolio assessment is needed in early childhood education."
—Susan Belgrad, Associate Professor, California State University, Northridge
Author, The Portfolio Connection, Third Edition
A streamlined process for assessing children in the early grades!
Written for early childhood educators, this invaluable handbook demonstrates how to use portfolios for assessment and offers techniques for combining portfolios with traditional measurements to design effective instruction and curricula for young children.
Reflecting current research on how children learn, this practical resource features an insightful discussion on authentic assessment goals and ways to make the portfolio process fun for learners while using developmentally appropriate teaching practices. Educators will find:
Concise, easy-to-understand instructions for developing portfolios
Guidelines for involving children in portfolio development
Methods for gathering data and documenting students' learning
Rubrics, sample portfolios, and abundant reproducibles
Additional materials and procedures to help integrate assessment and instruction
Developing Portfolios for Authentic Assessment, PreK-3 offers preschool and primary grade teachers efficient, user-friendly tools for assessing the children in their classrooms.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Assessing Young Children
Authentic Assessment Goals
What Is the Value of a Portfolio?
Research Related to Portfolios and Assessment
Assessment Terms and Explanations
2. Putting Portfolios Into Action
What Is a Portfolio?
Portfolio Objectives
Planning a Sequence for Implementing Portfolios
3. Child-Involved Portfolio Management
Introducing the Process to Young Children
Materials
Organizing the Process
Reflection as a Teacher-Directed Learning Task
Size of a Portfolio
Who Selects the Products?
Increasing Children's Role in Selection and Reflection
A Portfolio Center
Words of Experience
4. Products That Impact Assessment
Product Criteria
Open-Ended and Single-Correct-Answer Products
Portfolio Products
5. Techniques to Document Achievement
Learning Logs
Repeated Tasks That Emphasize Skill Development
Skill Captions
Analytical Observation
Rubrics for Young Children
To Grade or Not to Grade
6. Communication With Parents
Parents Communicating With Teachers
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Children Communicating With Parents
Teachers Communicating With Parents
7. End of the Year
Reflection of the Assessment Process
Products to Guide the Next Teacher
Publishing the Yearly Portfolio Books
Celebrating the Published Portfolio Books
Appendix: Stationary Templates
References
Index
