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High-Quality Early Childhood Assessment: Learning from States' Use of Kindergarten Entry Assessments
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Download full textYun, Cathy; Melnick, Hanna; Wechsler, Marjorie – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
High-quality early childhood programs aim to foster children's learning through developmentally appropriate practices and environments. Early childhood assessments, when well designed and well implemented, can support developmentally appropriate early learning experiences by providing information to guide instruction and support whole child…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Evaluation
Mitchell, Susan – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2016
This document compiles information from multiple sources to offer readers a snapshot of Preschool Development and Expansion Grant (PDG) states' progress towards implementing a full comprehensive assessment system, as well as the tools they are using for each of the components.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, State Programs, Program Implementation
Direct linkMarchand, Gwen C.; Furrer, Carrie J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
This study explored the relationships among formative curriculum-based measures of reading (CBM-R), student engagement as an extra-academic indicator of student motivation, and summative performance on a high-stakes reading assessment. A diverse sample of third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students and their teachers responded to questionnaires…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Reading Achievement
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2010
Educators in the Chula Vista Elementary School District determined what kind of instruction students needed through a "response to intervention" (RTI) process, which provides extra help to struggling students with an aim of reducing the number of referrals to special education. As RTI catches on throughout the country, the district is on…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Districts, Early Intervention, Formative Evaluation
Wright, Robert J. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
The book is a highly readable integration of the latest assessment policies, and includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English Language Learners--topics that have rarely been touched upon in other textbooks. Focusing on practical applications of key concepts, this text provides a knowledge base of what every…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education
Patrick, Allison H.; And Others – 1984
The Early Prevention of School Failure Program (EPSF) was initiated in Peotone, Illinois, in 1971. The stated purpose was to prevent school failure through early identification and remediation of developmental learning deficiencies in four- to six-year-old children. The project components were team screening, team conference, education planning,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Early Identification, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Higgins, James E.; And Others – 1982
This monograph contains seven articles which focus primarily on formative evaluation for the purpose of furthering the learning of pupils. The articles include: an overview of formative evaluation by Peggy Chnupa; a description of the use of measurement and evaluation as an early screening for entering school children, by Sherrel Marginet and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
