Assessment

Documentation

• The Power of Documentation in an Early Childhood Classroom (PDF-NAEYC)
• Quick and Easy Notes: Practical Strategies for Busy Teachers (NAEYC Webpage)
• Documenting Children’s Learning (Video- Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University)
• Look! See How They are Learning (Article)
• Documentation: Both Mirror and Light (PDF- Reggio Alliance)
• Interpreting Observations: How to Use Observation Data (Video)

Formative Assessment

• Anecdotal Records: Valuable Tools for Assessing Young Children’s Development (PDF- ResearchGate -Dimensions Of Early Childhood)
• Teaching Preschoolers to Self-Assess Their Choices in Pre-K PDF-(Journal of Educational Research and Practice)
• Beyond Outcomes: How Ongoing Assessment Supports Children’s Learning and Leads to Meaningful Curriculum (PDF-OER Commons)
• The Power of Portfolios (Article)
• Observing Young Children– (Video-Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University)
• Early Childhood Assessment (Webpage-Massachusetts Department of Early Education)
• Anecdotal records: Valuable tools for assessing young children’s development PDF- ResarchGate -Dimensions Of Early Childhood)
• Collecting And Using Anecdotal Records | Tips…(Webpage NCQTL@UW.EDU)
• Using Child Assessment Data to Achieve Positive Outcomes (Video Results Matter, Colorado Department of Education).
• Alignment of the Creative Curriculum for Preschool with North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development (Crosswalk)
• Alignment of Teaching Strategies Gold Objectives for Development and Learning with North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Kindergarten (Crosswalk)
• Authentic Assessment in the Classroom and the Library Media Center (Article)