Getting A Handle on Child Assessments
Why do we assess children? Teachers have an almost endless list of tasks to accomplish – lesson planning, preparing the learning environment, meeting with families, ensuring compliance with licensing or accreditation criteria, and many more. But at the heart of teaching, there should be a focus on child assessment. Because it is from assessment that intentional teaching occurs. Assessment helps educators understand where each child is currently situated on the developmental continuum…and where they should be going. Assessment helps to provide a roadmap for your teaching.
One of the most common tools that we can use to easily collect data are