Assessing Young Children - Pearson Assessments

Assessment report Assessing Young Children Marcy Guddemi, Betsy J. Case, Ph. D. February 2004 Copyright 2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved Pearson and the Pearson logo are trademarks of Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s).. ASSESSMENT REPORT Assessing Young Children 2 Assessing Young Children (This updated version was originally published as: Guddemi, M. P. (2003). The important role of quality assessment in Young Children ages 3 8. In Wall, J. & Walz, G. (Eds.) (2003). Measuring up: Assessment issues for teachers, counselors, and administrators. Greensboro, NC: ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse.) Introduction Today s educational climate of standards and accountability extends even to preschool programs (Bowman, Donovan, and Burns, 2001). The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) mandates assessment and accountability at all levels of public school, even in early childhood defined as birth through age 8 (NAEYC, 1987).

Assessing Young Children 4 appropriate use of information from early childhood assessments is to guide instruction and to determine what the child is ready for next in terms of knowledge and skills. Administrators also use information from assessments and other sources to evaluate, strengthen, and monitor educational programs.

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