What do you remember?
.....difficult and detailed multistep tasks that create more paperwork and leave less time for teaching.
What is ..... Assessment
2) Collect data
3) Interpret data
4) Take Action
What is .... steps of the cycle of assessment.
1. Promote children's learning and development.
2. Identify children who may have special needs.
3. Determine whether a child has a disability and how that disability affects the child's development and learning.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of programs for young children (accountability)
What is .... Purposes of Assessment
Brief assessment procedures conducted early in the year and given to each child/or to identify whether a child needs further evaluation.
What is ....Screening
Assessment is a cyclical and systematic process that helps you get to know children and enhance your teaching.
What is .....True
When you collect information in order to make good decisions, you ae using...
What is... the assessment process
When assessment is interwoven with teaching and learning and when it occurs in the context of regular classroom activities.
What is .... embedded assessment.
Assessment to help children develop and learn...
What is.....promote children's learning and development.
A way to determine the effectiveness of "already" completed instructional activities.
What is ....Summative assesment
Distinguishing the different types of assessment (i.e. L&D, screening, readiness, diagnostic, program quality) is not important.
What is .....False
What do they like to do?
What captures their minds? Their hearts?
What do they know?
What skills do they have?
What is ......Assessment cycle, Ask Questions
-What information should you collect?
-How will you obtain it?
-How much do you need?
What is .... Collect Data (step 2)
Teachers need reliable ways to quickly identify children who may have difficulty learning and who would benefit from further evaluation by specialists.
What is ..... Evaluation
-Ages and Stages Questionnaire
-Early Screening Inventory
-Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL)
What is .... Screening tests
When an assessment instrument is not used for its intended purpose, the results may not be valid.
What is ..... True
A preschool teacher analyzes a collection of observation notes she has recorded over the course of a week in order to make plans for the coming weeks' activities.
What is .... Early Childhood assessment
-What does the data, or information mean?
-What do you learn about each child from the data?
What is .... inerpret data (step 3)
More often than not, organizations that fund early childhood programs want to be sure that the money is being used effectively to support young children's learning.
What is ..... Program Quality assessment
Tools that show whether or not children are prepared for particular experiences or programs(for example; kindergarten)
What is.....Readiness assessment
As a teacher, you use assessment formatively, in an ongoing way, to improve children's learning.
What is .... True
A cyclical process involving several steps.
What is .... the cycle of assessment.
-Given what you now understand, how will you use what you learned?
-How will your plans change?
-What strategies will you use?
-What are your next steps with this child or group of children?
What is ....Take Action (step 4)
Provides feedback to teachers about their teaching and to children about their learning strategies, this classroom assessment is also known as ...
What is .....formative assessment
Evaluation uses multiple methods and tools to determine whether a child has a delay or disability and may be eligible for special education services.
You also use assessment to summarize children's progress and performance at the end of an instructional unit or reporting period. This is called formative assessment.
What is .... False