Assessment in Early Childhood

Catalog description

This course addresses the various ways to assess the development and learning of children from EC-3rd grade. The ways in which teachers select, administer, and interpret formal, informal, and alternative assessments will be explored. The principles of designing and using assessment and evaluation techniques that are culturally fair, intellectually sound, reliable, dependable, and content-valid for young children will be investigated. Finally, various ways to systematically observe and document students’ development and learning will be reviewed.