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A systematic tool used to observe and record behaviors, skills, and milestones exhibited by young children.

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A checklist can look like this! An educator can write down what they believe can be done in the classroom and after observing, they can write down what they feel needs to change in order to benefit the children.

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The benefits of checklists include: structured observation, efficiency, clear criteria, easy documentation, and holistic view. Checklists can help an educator and families understand a child's overall learning and development.

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Some disadvantages of checklists include: limited context, simplification, rigidity, and subjectivity. Checklists may not get all the information an educator will need in order to benefit a child. Some of the children's capabilities can be either over or under written in context.

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A structured assessment tool that provides explicit criteria and levels of performances for evaluating children's work, skills, and behaviors.

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A rubric can look like this! Educators can use this to grade any assignment given in the classroom. In an evaluation stance, rubrics can be used to write down how proficient a child is in a particular skill or behavior.

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Some benefits of rubrics include: clarity and expectations, feedback and improvement, fair assessment, and holistic view. Rubrics can help an educator easily assess a child on multiple different skills and also provide feedback to help improve a child's learning and development.

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Some disadvantages of rubrics include: rigidity, narrow focus, and overemphasis on performance. Sometimes when focusing on just skills, learning and development can be neglected.

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A structured assessment tool that allows educators to assign numerical or descriptive rating to children's behaviors, skills, or qualities.

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This is what a rating scale can look like! A rating skill is another way for educators to rate a child's level of a particular skill.

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The benefits of rating scales include: consistency, quick assessment, comparability, and quantifiable data. Rating scales can help keep track of a child's particular skill level which can also be shared with the parents. The results can be used in comparison with the same child once they are re-evaluated. It can show an increase or decrease in skills.

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Some disadvantages of rating scales include: simplicity, limited scope, and observer bias. Results on a rating scale can differ from other observers. Picking where a child is at on a scale all depends on what the observer thinks that level entails. These scales may not capture all the information an educator needs.

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