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45 Cards in this Set
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What is assessment?
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To sit beside
To get to know The process of gathering information about children from several forms of evidence, then organizing and interpreting that information Ongoing and comprehensive Gathering information To make instructional decisions |
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Observation
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Informal assessment
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Screening
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A quick look at development
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Give examples of screenings.
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Vision
Hearing |
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Give an example of Formal Assessment.
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Evaluation
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Evaluation
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Diagnostic process
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What are the phases of assessment?
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Screening
Diagnostic evaluation Program assessment & Progress Monitoring for Instruction/Curriculum Planning Program Evaluation/Accountability and Ecological or Environmental Assessment |
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Screening
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Pediatrician
EC programs |
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Diagnostic evaluation
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CDSA School districts |
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What are the 3 types of Program Assessment & Progress Monitoring for Instruction/Curriculum Planning?
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Anecdotal
Running record Time sampling |
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What are the 2 type of Program Evaluation/
Accountability and Ecological or Environmental Assessment? |
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You are the stakeholders in the screening and assessment process?
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Child
Family School/Center Community Policymakers |
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Policymakers
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Local
State National |
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History of assessment
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Child study movement
Standardized Tests Headstart/War on Poverty Children with Disabilities Trends in the New Century Including Accountability |
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Child Study Movement
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Emerged at the beginning of the 20th century
Darwin suggested that by studying the development of the infant one could glimpse the development of the human species G. Stanley Hall developed an extended methods of studying children Hall established a major center for child study |
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Standardized Tests
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Began around 1900
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Headstart/War on Poverty
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In the late 1950s, the low scores of the poor
children were of concern leading to massive funding of many programs designed to reduce the disparity in achievement between poor and middle-class children |
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Children With Disabilities
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975)
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) |
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Trends in the Century Including Accountability
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Inadequate funding
Teacher shortages Teachers with inadequate training Aging schools Poor leadership |
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What are the parts in planning for assessment?
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What are the purposes and goals?
What will be assessed? How will development or scope be . manifested? What strategies will be utilized? Who will be involved? When and where will the assessment take place? How will assessment data to be recorded and stored? Against what criteria will outcomes be measured? |
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NAEYC Position Statement on Curriculum,
Assessment, and Program Evaluation |
Early childhood education professionals,
policymakers, and stakeholders have a shared responsibility to ensure appropriate meaningful curriculum, assessment, and evaluation practices. |
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Who were G. Stanley Hall's students?
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John Dewey
Arnold Gesell Lewis Turman |
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What did John Dewey do to support the child study movement?
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He advocated educational reform that affected the development of educational programs for young children
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What did Arnold Gesell do to support the child study movement
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He first described the behaviors that emerged in children at each chronological age
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What did Lewis Turman do to support the child study movement?
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He became the leader in the development of mental tests
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Give examples of standardized testing.
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SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
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What was the purpose of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)?
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It was established to permit fairer comparisons of applicants seeking admission to universities and colleges because high school transcripts were difficult to evaluate
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Stanford – Binet intelligence Scale
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An instrument created by Binet and revived by Thurman
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What did testing soon but, due to researchers such as Terman and Thorndike?
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A science
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What was the result of the expanded use of tests?
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The establishment of giant corporations that could assemble the resources to develop,
publish, score, and report the results to a large clientele |
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Headstart
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A major program which involves preschool
children and added valuable resources for the assessment and evaluation of young children |
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Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
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Guaranteed all children with disabilities the right to an appropriate education in a free public school placement in the least restrictive learning environment
A further required the use of nondiscriminatory testing and evaluation of these children Required that a team of teachers, parents, diagnostician, school psychologist, medical personnel, and perhaps social workers, or representatives of government agencies or institutions to be used to identify and place students with disabilities Required that, when possible, the child be included in the screening process The team screen, test, and develop an Individual Education program for each child |
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What does the term mainstreaming refer to?
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The requirement that the child be place in the least restrictive environment
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PL 94-142 |
The identification and diagnosis of student with disabilities
All children between the ages 3 – 21 are entitled to free public education Preschool programs must be provided for children under age 6 The state could choose whether to provide services to children with disabilities between ages 3 and 5 |
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PL 99-457 |
Passed in 1986
Authorized 2 new programs States must prove that they are meeting the needs of all these children if they wish to receive federal funds All states must now provide intervention services for all infants and toddlers with disabilities |
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What were the 2 new programs authorized by PL 99-457?
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Federal Preschool Program
Early Intervention Program |
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
PL 101-576 |
Passed in 1990
All early childhood programs must be prepared to serve children with special needs Facilities and accommodations for young children, including outdoor play environments, must be designed, constructed, and altered appropriately to meet the needs of young children with disabilities |
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Amended PL 94 – 142
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Require that the individual educational needs of young children with disabilities must be met in all early childhood programs
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Integration or Inclusion
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Replaced mainstreaming
All children learn together with the goal that the individual needs of children will be met |
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Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act of 2004 |
Required special education students to
participate in state test, and states were to report results of those tests to the public |
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No Child Left behind Act of 2001
(NCLB) |
Required states to test at least 95% of their
students with disabilities Highly qualified teachers must be hired States can still use other methods of diagnosing children with learning disabilities All states were required to administer tests developed by the state and to set and monitor adequate yearly progress Provide public school choice and supplemental services for students in failing schools as early as Fall 2002 Integrate scientifically based reading research into comprehensive instruction for young children Set and monitor adequate yearly progress, based on baseline 2001 – 2002 data Issue annual report cards on school performance and statewide test results by 2002 – 2003 Implement annual, Anders – based assessments in reading and math for Grade 3 – 8 times 2005 – 2006 Assure that all classes are taught by a qualified teacher by 2005 – 2006 |
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What were the projects conducted to support early childhood programs provided by President Bush?
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The Sunshine Schools Program
Good start Grow smart |
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What did the initiatives of President Bush's presidency provide?
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Training for nearly 50,000 head start teachers on the best techniques
Assurance that preschool programs are more closely coordinated with K – 12 education programs A research effort to identify effective early literacy programs and practices |
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What does accountability become?
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Standards based
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What do states have to focus on accountability?
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Set standards
Developed assessment systems Assigned responsibilities for meeting the goals Designating rewards and sanctions to achievement levels |
