Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood ...

Position Statement Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8. Adopted 2009. A position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children The purpose of this position statement is to pro- a late 2006 convening of respected leaders in the mote excellence in Early Childhood education by field. The result of this broad gathering of views is providing a framework for best Practice . Grounded this updated position statement, which addresses both in the research on child development and the current context and the relevant knowledge learning and in the knowledge base regarding base for Developmentally Appropriate Practice and educational effectiveness, the framework outlines seeks to convey the nature of such Practice clearly Practice that promotes young children's optimal and usefully. learning and development. Since its first adoption This statement is intended to complement in 1986, this framework has been known as devel- NAEYC's other position statements on Practice , opmentally Appropriate which include Early Learning standards and Early The profession's responsibility to promote Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program quality in the care and education of young children Evaluation, as well as the Code of Ethical Conduct compels us to revisit regularly the validity and cur- and NAEYC Early Childhood Program standards and rency of

Learning standards and accountability policies have impinged directly on public education from grade K and up, and they are of growing relevance to preschool education, as well. As of 2007, more than three-quarters of the states had some sort of early learning standards—that is, standards for the years before kindergarten—and the remaining

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