In the broadest terms, developmentally appropriate assessment produces information that illuminates what children “know and are able to do” (NRC 2008, 27).
Authored by
Authored by:
Peter L. Mangione, Tamarra Osborne, Heidi Mendenhall
High-stakes, summative assessments are used to gauge student learning against a standard or a benchmark (Afflerbach 2016; Ferguson 2017) and are sometimes used to make significant educational decisions about children.
Authored by
Authored by:
Celeste C. Bates, Stephanie Madison Schenck, Hayley J. Hoover
Classroom-Based Assessment is an online mini-course for teachers of preschool children. In this course, you will learn about evidence-based assessment, as well as observation and documentation within the classroom.
In this article, we describe what we learned from our yearlong observation of children’s transitions from the infant to the toddler classroom at a university-based child care center (where the first author serves as faculty director).
Find inspiration to intentionally develop and implement meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment practices to build responsive, joyful classrooms.
If families understand all that occurs in center activities and play, they will be able to support their children’s learning during play activities at home—to be learning partners with their children.
