develop conceptual understanding related to assessment in Early Childhood, including history and developmental theory.
explain how to communicate effectively with children and families, including the considerations from the spectrum of student diversity (e.g., race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special education, gifted, English language learners (ELL), sexual orientation, gender and gender identity.
select appropriate evidence-based assessments (screener and progress monitoring), that accurately measure a variety of specific developmental areas (i.e., social development and play skills, cognitive, sensory, motor, language and adaptive learning), provide individualized supports needed for administration and consider culturally linguistically diversity.
explain the value and roles of collaboration between families and other stakeholders in student’s education.
Your project must include the following:
Provide an overview of the assessment
What areas of development does it assess?
What do the results tell you?
What is the age range for this assessment?
How long does it take to administer?
Is there evidence of this assessment being culturally and linguistically unbiased? How do you know? How might you find out?
What does the research say about the assessment?
Find three (3) research articles that examine the assessment tool. Summarize the main points of the article.
Based on the research, can you claim the assessment tool is reliable and valid?
Provide resources, links, images, or sample pages for the assessment.
