| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Assessment of Young Children -- Copyright Page -- Listof Tables -- 1. What Do You Notice -- A Closer Look at Accountability -- A Closer Look at Assessment -- Effects of Accountability and Assessment -- Noticing -- Why The Seeds of Inquiry -- Who Examining the Learning Group -- When Developmentally Appropriate Practice -- How Considering Assessment Methods and Tools -- What What Does it All Mean -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 2. Role of the Environment -- Considering Context: Classroom, School, Community -- Cultural Issues -- Climate: Guidelines and StandardsSummary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 3. Observation -- Setting Goals -- Looking and Listening -- Documentation As Noun (Product) and Verb (Process) -- Turning Observation into Advocacy -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 4. Standardized Assessment -- Traditional Assessment -- No Child Left Behind Act -- A Letter From the President -- Objectivity vs. Subjectivity -- Teacher-Created Assessments -- Paradigm Shifts and Cultural Shifts -- Global Response -- Achievement 101 -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 5. Authentic Assessment -- On a Personal Level -- On a Professional LevelBalancing Idealism and Reality -- Collaboration -- Response to Intervention -- Parents' Perspective -- Looking at Students'Work -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 6. The Purpose, Power, and 'portance of Play -- Play Assessment -- Short-term and Long-term Benefits -- Historical Views -- Recognizing Significance in Ordinary Moments -- Social and Emotional Competence -- The Play Imperative -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 7. Vive la Différence -- Facets of Diversity -- Anti-bias Curriculum -- Culturally Sensitive Practice -- Differentiated Instruction or Universal Design -- Summary -- Now What Avenues for Inquiry -- 8. Putting It All Together -- Evaluating Data -- Writing Reports and IEPs -- Utilizing Technology -- Communicating With Families, Administrators, and Legislators -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry -- 9. Teacher as Researcher -- Ethics -- Inquiry -- Part ners. in the Process -- Summary -- Now What -- Avenues for Inquiry. |
| Summary |
"In an era where assessment tends to minimize or dismiss individual differences and often results in punitive outcomes or no action at all, Assessment of Young Children provides teachers with an approach to assessment that is in the best interest of both children and their families. Author Lisa B. Fiore explores a variety of ways to study and assess young children in their natural environments, while stressing the importance of bringing children and families into the process. This lively text helps the reader learn how to cultivate developmentally appropriate practice, create realistic expectations, examine children's work, interact in groups, and improve their teacher behavior. Accounts of real experiences from children, families, teachers, and administrators provide on-the-ground models of assessment strategies and demonstrate how children are affected"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-194) and index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Evaluation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fiore, Lisa B., 1970- Assessment of young children. New York, NY : Routledge, 2012 9780415888110 (DLC) 2011038839 (OCoLC)706022730 |
| Standard No. |
9786613659248 |
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