Interlaced with real-life classroom video, this powerful DVD offers practical ideas and experienced insights from seasoned professionals who speak with the passion and perspective that can only come from years of working with directors, teachers, young children, and their families. Provides a rich platform for staff development and training sessions that will inspire, motivate, teach, provoke new thinking, and generate lively discussions.

Includes sections on:

• What is the purpose of child assessment?
• What are the benefits of gathering assessment data?
• When should teachers assess a child's developmental progress?
• How do we know that a child assessment is reliable?
• How can teachers gather useful information during assessments?
• What are the challenges of assessing a child whose first language is not English?
• In what way is assessment data useful to teachers?
• What are the common misunderstandings about child assessment?

From Child Care Exchange.

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With more emphasis on young children’s literacy achievement than ever before, assessment is an essential component in preschool literacy programs. This resource provides guidance on how to account for student learning and adapt teaching strategies to fit children’s individual needs. Preschool teachers and administrators will be able to assess children’s oral language development, phonological awareness, comprehension, and concepts about print, books, and writing. Includes professional development guidelines and supplemental resources on working with diverse families. From the International Reading Association’s Preschool Literacy Collection.

Updated 2008!

Administrators and staff need to know not only how children are progressing but also what challenges they are encountering. Teachers working on this standard will benefit from integrating assessment into their day, rather than making assessment a large task to be attempted all at once. Assessments should occur within the context of reciprocal communications with families and with sensitivity to the cultural contexts in which children develop. This resource, focusing on NAEYC’s “Assessment” Program Standard, will guide you toward understanding how to organize and systematize your assessments.

This is one of nine booklets addressing the Standards and Criteria specific to NAEYC Accreditation of early childhood education programs. (To view the other eight titles, search by title for “accreditation criteria.”) Be advised that if your program enrolls in NAEYC Self-Study (the first step toward Accreditation) it will receive a copy of this booklet, among other resources, as part of the cost of enrollment. For guidance on the self-study and accreditation processes, visit www.naeyc.org/academy.

This updated classic shows teachers proven methods for documenting—including collecting, analyzing, and displaying—young children’s work in the classroom. Applicable to different curriculum models, it provides tips on how to develop children’s portfolios to use for assessment and accountability, as well as for sharing with families. Also useful for curriculum coordinators, principals, and other administrators, this second edition has new features, including teacher materials, extra examples and photographs, information on teacher portfolios, and more. From Teachers College Press.

The articles in this engaging volume, mostly from Young Children, address the purposes of and uses for assessment. Expert commentary from Marian Marion, Gayle Mindes, Richard Clifford, Diane Trister Dodge and others offers an overview of the topic and specific examples to show how assessment informs and improves practice in early childhood education. Includes a statement of position from NAEYC and NAECS/SDE.

Also available in English (#285).

This resource explores the vital connection between observing and effective teaching, offering guidelines and specific strategies to help teachers and caregivers transform observing into an essential component of their teaching practices. Much more than just a set of skills, observation is a mindset of openness and wonder that helps teachers and caregivers get to know more about each child in their care. In this new edition, the authors have added extensive, up-to-date examples to help teachers apply what they learn about children as well as a study guide for use in staff development and college courses. Copublished with Teaching Strategies.

This instructional, interactive DVD includes 28 video clips of varying lengths captured in actual early childhood classrooms. The clips are divided into six instructional categories: Prevention in Action, Positive Guidance in Action, Learning Opportunities, Developing Observation Skills, Case Study: Pre-Intervention, and Case Study: Intervention. A 60-page Trainer Guide is included on the disc, with suggestions for using each video clip in training, leading group discussions, and conducting small group activities. From the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative and Video Active Productions.

40 min.

The resource you need to integrate early learning standards into your curriculum! The author provides practical help, support, and clear explanations. Easy-to-read charts show how different states define standards in each major content area and how these standards can be achieved in classrooms and programs. Learn how to plan curriculum with specific learning standards in mind; address standards in ways that are developmentally appropriate and effective; and assess children's progress toward these standards. Copublished with Redleaf Press.

This fifth edition covers the basics of screening used to identify which children may have learning problems or disabilities. Offers advice for selecting an appropriate screening instrument and for setting up a screening program. Contains reviews of current developmental screens, plus an entirely new annotated bibliography. For the first time, it includes sections on screening for social-emotional/behavioral concerns and screening individual areas of development.

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Bestseller! Assessment of children's abilities and knowledge, their approaches to learning, and their strengths, needs, and interests is expected in most early childhood programs. However, many early childhood educators are unsure of how to assess young children's development and learning. This reader-friendly book will help increase understanding of child assessment, including its specialized and often confusing vocabulary. Focusing on children's development and learning, the authors provide an overview of basic assessment concepts. Speaking a shared language of assessment will help early childhood professionals communicate better with other teachers, specialists, administrators, and parents.

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