In the article, Assessing Young Children, there are some challenges that educators face that make assessing young children more difficult. Young children learn differently than older students and adults. Younger children more from hands on and would not learn from using paper and pencil. Another challenge that educators face with young children is that they all develop at different rates and no two students are exactly alike. One four year old may be able to cut with a pair of scissors while another four year old can’t cut. This leads into the factor that the second four year old may not have been exposed to using scissors. Which is another obstacle that educators face is that no child has the same family backgrounds, cultures, or exposers
