Name and describe one assessment you have used or observed being used with young children. Was it formal or informal?
Name and describe one assessment you have used or observed being used with young children. Was it formal or informal?
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Assessment Approaches with Young Children
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Assessment approaches for older children cannot be used with young children.
a. Young children lack the verbal ability to respond appropriately to instructions. They lack understanding of the testing situation.
b. They have limited attention spans.
These issues are illustrated in a scenario described by Linder (1990) who asks the reader to imagine himself or herself as a 3-year-old who is being evaluated in a more traditional manner.
After a necessary potty break and a few tears, the lady lets you see your mommy and daddy – but not for long. Here comes another lady to take you to another little room with another table and chairs and different pictures on the wall. This lady doesn’t talk much. She just keeps putting pictures in front of you and asking you what they are. Many of the pictures are things that you have seen, but you just don’t know what to call them. So you look down at the floor and up at the pictures on the wall. You pull on your shirt and wiggle a lot. You wish this lady would quit with the pictures. You’ve seen more than enough pictures. Then the lady gets another suitcase, only it’s a different color. She pulls out a couple of toys at a time and tells you what she wants you to do with them. Some of these are neat toys, and you’d really like to play with them. Every time you start to do something other than what the lady told you to do, however, she takes the toys away. This lady sure is stingy. You are getting tired, so you put your head down on the table. The lady makes you sit up. Finally, she is through. She takes you back to your mommy and daddy and tells them that you were “somewhat resistant” (Linder, 1990, pp. 9-10).
- What mistakes are described in this scenario?
- How could this approach be adapted to create a more authentic environment for assessment?
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Identification of Exceptionalities and Placement Into Early Childhood Programs
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Pediatricians and parents are usually the first to identify a child with special needs.
- How are children referred to your program (or an observed program in your district)?
- How are these children assessed for progress, and who follows up on them?
- How is family input used to gather information about the children in the program?
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Formal and Informal Assessment Approaches
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Formal assessment approaches include tests, developmental checklists, and other measures that have an established protocol.
Informal approaches include observation and interview. Observational data can be recorded anecdotally (after the observation occurs) or through a running record (during the observation).
- Name and describe one assessment you have used or observed being used with young children. Was it formal or informal?
- What procedures were followed in implementation of this assessment?
- What information was gleaned from the assessment?
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Collaborating With the Family and Other Team Members When Assessing Young Children
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In all aspects of the early intervention enterprise, it is critical for all members of the team to collaborate. What does this mean in practice?
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that assessments be multidisciplinary, meaning more than one discipline must be involved. Other teaming models further the opportunity to interact and exchange information.
- How can you conduct an assessment in partnership with the student’s family and other members of the team?
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Using Assessment in Classroom Planning
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Many times, we get so caught up in writing lesson plans that meet the standards set by our districts that we forget to incorporate what we know about our individual students.
When we gather information from assessments, it should be used to inform instruction and provide developmentally appropriate activities.
- Describe a time you used information you knew about your students to plan an appropriate classroom activity and assessment. If you have never been in a classroom, describe a time you or someone you know used information about a child to plan an activity and assessment for that child.
- What worked? What did not work?
- How did the information you knew help tailor the activity and assessment to the needs of the child?
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