Planning for Assessment
This in-service suite describes how teachers can plan efficiently for conducting ongoing assessment of children's learning in the preschool classroom.
Screening and assessment provide valuable information about each child's interests, strengths, and needs. Screening gives a snapshot of whether the child's development is on track. Assessment is an ongoing process that includes observation and provides information about development over time. Systematic, ongoing child assessment provides information on children's development and learning. It helps inform curriculum planning, teaching, and individualizing for each child across all Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains.
This in-service suite describes how teachers can plan efficiently for conducting ongoing assessment of children's learning in the preschool classroom.
This in-service suite describes how to collect and use anecdotal records to document child progress.
Watch this 15-Minutes In Service Suite video, which describes how to use ongoing assessment data when teaching children with disabilities.
This in-service suite describes how to collect and use work samples to document children's learning in the preschool classroom.
Watch this webinar that discusses how to integrate data from assessments into daily experiences working with infants and toddlers.
There are many ways teachers can use video in a classroom. Explore this in-service suite to learn how to use it to collect information to document child progress.
This in-service suite shows simple ways teachers can develop and use checklists to collect data on child progress.
This in-service suite describes ways in which administrators can support teaching staff in conducting ongoing assessment of child progress.
This in-service suite describes ways to work in partnership with families in order to facilitate ongoing child assessment.
Screening for potential developmental delays in children allows for early treatment and supportive services. On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, Head Start educators and families will find a number of resources on developmental screening tools.