Assessment in Early Childhood
Songs, Surveys, and Debates are all examples of
Alternative Assessments
This refers to any aspect of assessment that unfairly discriminates against one individual or group in favor of another.
Bias
What assessment is used to differentiate small groups?
Formative assessment; find commonalities in data and group based on need.
When should you give a formal assessment?
At the end of a unit
What is fairness?
Providing all children with equal opportunity.
What are the three tiers of intervention?
Tier 1: Whole Class Instruction
Tier 2: Small Group Interventions
Tier 3: Intensive Interventions
What is a summative assessment?
An evaluation that takes place at the end of the unit and determines the degree of children's attainment of objectives.
This refers to learning in one's native tongue and another language at the same time
Dual Language Learning
This refers to an assessment embedded within the daily process of instruction so that appraisal of children's responses and actions is ongoing
Continuous Assessment
This refers to the six steps of an assessment that provides the necessary information to identify a student's progress throughout a lesson.
Six Steps of a Formative Assessment:
- gather data, organize data, analyze data, integrate data, implement plan, recheck/ post-assessment
What does UDL stand for?
Universal Design for Learning
What are the steps in the process of the assessment cycle?
What is an assessment?
Any form of measurement of what children know and can do
This refers to any assessment used to make important decisions about students, educators, schools, or districts
High Stakes Assessments
- PT Conferences & Report Cards
- Running Records
- TBT Meetings (Teacher-Based Team)