Early Childhood Assessments

Many people wonder why in Early Childhood Education why children are being assessed. Assessments can have both pros and cons, because at a very young age its very difficult for children to understand why they are being assessed and what they are being assessed on. Assessments are important because of the decisions teachers have to make throughout the year with the materials they have prepared. All the assessment should be made to help children and focus on one material at a time, which should be reliable, valid, and fair for that material.
Assessments are made to recognize the ability of how children understand certain things. When the child is at a younger age, it is very difficult to actually be able to test them and get valid results. The