Assessments for Young Children

Early childhood assessment is a tool used to gather and provide educators, parents, and families with critical information about a child’s development and growth.

Below is a link for the Article that talks about assessments for young

Early Childhood Assessment

children.http://resourcesforearlylearning.org/fm/early-childhood-assessment/

We use assessment for children ages PreK  on up to High school to see where children are, and how much they have learned. As an Early Educator it is important that we see what children know when they come into our program in order to know what to skills to work on, and at the end of the year we assess what the children have learned. This helps us to see what has been successful in our teaching efforts.

Believing in the whole child, means being able to help children be successful in all areas of their lives. We have assessments that test  Numbers and Letters, Social skills, and even assessments for health concerns. These assessment give teachers and support staff an idea of how to help the child be successful in their academic career.

The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): The Creation, Validation, and Reliability of a Tool to Assess Child Development in Rural African Settings

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876049/

This article talks about an assessment used in Rural Africa for young children.

 

References

Early Childhood Assessment. (2008). doi:10.17226/12446

Gladstone, M., Lancaster, G. A., Umar, E., Nyirenda, M., Kayira, E., Broek, N. R., & Smyth, R. L. (2010). The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): The Creation, Validation, and Reliability of a Tool to Assess Child Development in Rural African Settings. PLoS Medicine,7(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000273