AY3002: Assessment Strategies and Methods: Analyze essential assessment strategies and methods used to support young children’s development and learning.
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Item 1
Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies |
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Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning. LO 1: Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning |
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Item 2
Analyze the running record observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Analyze the running record observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. LO 2: Analyze the running record observational strategy |
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Item 3
Explain the anecdotal note observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. (1–2 paragraphs)
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Analyze the anecdotal note observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. LO 3: Analyze the anecdotal note observational strategy |
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Item 4
Analyze the critical role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning. Include at least two documentation procedures to illustrate your response. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Analyze the critical role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning. Include at least two documentations procedures to illustrate your response.LO 4: Analyze the role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning |
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Item 5
Explain how checklists are commonly used in early childhood settings, including their strengths and challenges. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Explain how checklists are commonly used in early childhood settings, including their strengths and challenges. LO 5: Explain the use of checklists in early childhood settings |
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Items 6 and 7 are based on the following scenario:
Ms. Diallo is a new preschool teacher at a center where conferences with families are held twice a year. Ms. Diallo wants to make sure that when conference time comes around, she is prepared to communicate children’s progress and challenges in physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains of development. She also wants her discussions with families to be based on samples of children’s work that evidence their development and learning throughout the year. She has come to you seeking advice.
Item 6
Explain to Ms. Diallo how portfolios are an effective strategy to document children’s development and learning over time. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Topic 2: Portfolios and Performance-Based Assessment |
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Explain how portfolios are an effective strategy to document children’s development and learning over time. LO 1: Explain the effectiveness of portfolios for documenting children’s development and learning |
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Item 7
Explain at least three strategies Ms. Diallo can use to ensure the portfolios developed are comprehensive and include an authentic representation of children’s development and learning. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Topic 2: Portfolios and Performance-Based Assessment |
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Explain at least three strategies to ensure the portfolios developed are comprehensive and include an authentic representation of children’s development and learning. LO 2: Explain strategies to support the development of authentic and comprehensive portfolios |
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Item 8
Explain the purpose and at least three common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings. (2–3 paragraphs)
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Explain the purpose and at least three common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings. LO 3: Explain the purpose and common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings |
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Item 9
Explain the purpose of the following and provide an example of how each might be appropriately used in an early childhood setting:
· Screening assessment
· Instructional assessment
· Diagnostic assessment
(3 paragraphs)
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Topic 3: Formal Assessment |
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Explain the purpose of the following and provide examples of how each might be appropriately used in an early childhood setting: Screening assessment, Instructional assessment, and Diagnostic assessment. LO 1: Explain the purpose of screening, instructional, and diagnostic assessments |
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Item 10
Explain why it is important that diagnostic assessments:
· are culturally and linguistically relevant,
· include a variety of data sources, and
· incorporate the family’s perspective on the child’s strengths and challenges. (1–2 paragraphs)
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Explain why it is important that diagnostic assessments are culturally and linguistically relevant, include a variety of data sources, and incorporate the family’s perspective on the child’s strengths and challenges. LO 2: Explain characteristics of diagnostic assessments |
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Item 11
Mrs. Mooney, a third-grade teacher at Circle Lake Elementary, is a strong believer in standardized testing for primary grade children. Her colleague and best friend, Miss Humphries, is just as passionate in her belief that standardized testing is inappropriate for young children. Summarize each of their positions. (2 paragraphs)
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Summarize positions on standardized testing for young children. LO 3: Summarize positions on standardized testing for young children |
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References
Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. The following is a sample citation:
· Wortham, S. C., & Hardin, B. J. (2016). Assessment in early childhood education (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
