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A rating scale are used to asses and compare a child's development in several areas of learning and behavior. They provide information that can be used for assessing growth, designing of programs, and reporting to the parents.

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Moses,A. (2023). Developmentally Appropriate Assessment

Practices: Gathering, Understanding, and Using

Information. NAEYC.

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/spring2023/developmentally-appropriate-assessment-practices-gathering

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This issue of Young Children examines developmentally appropriate and equitable assessment practices for early childhood settings.

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Nairn, J. (2023). Nurturing growth: Authentic Assessment

Strategies in Early Childhood Education. Linkedin.

https://www.linkin.com/pulse/nurturing-growth-authentic-assessment-strategies-early-john-nairn-15nlc

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Nurturing Growth: Authentic Assessment Strategies in Early Childhood Education

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Introduction Assessment in early childhood education serves as a compass, guiding educators to understand and support children’s learning and development. Authentic assessment strategies stand out as invaluable tools that go beyond traditional testing, embracing holistic, meaningful, and child-cente

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1. Provides Structure:

This comes with established procedures for the determination of assessment.

2. Flexible:

It's requirements can be applied in any development and for children of any age.

3. Identifies Areas For Support:

Contributes to the identification of some areas of development that require close attention for a child.

4. Comprehensive Assessment:

Enables assessment in several areas of development at the same time.

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1. Subjectivity:

Results may differ from one teacher to another.

2. Over-Simplification:

It can be argued that lumping the behaviors and skills into one score will not necessarily afford much detail.

3. Cultural Bias:

May prove scales may look natural, there may be cultures that meaning aren't necessarily relevant or reflect normal cultural behaviors for each child.

4. Over-Emphasis on Scores:

Teachers, students and parents may focus too much on the score rather than the development process.

5. Lack of Individualization

May not account for each child's learning style, pace of development, or needs.

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The Rubric serves as a comprehensive tool in assessments, describing the quality of a child's work. Teachers use specific instructions to identify a child's performance level during testing, which saves time.

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4 Year Old Assessment Checklist Pdf - Fill Online, Printable ...

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A checklist can be defined as a basic instrument applied at the development stage of preschool education to record certain activities, actions, or quirks displayed by the child. It offers educators guidelines to use in evaluating children's learning and development in specific domains.

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Structured Observation:

Provides a structured approach to assessing and identifying children's behaviors to guarantee uniformity.

Efficiency:

Allows educators to monitor several skills and behaviors as well as behavior in a short time.

Clear Criteria:

Contains specific objective markers based on which the methods decrease the degree of subjectivity in an evaluation.

Easy Documentation:

Helps keep a record of progress made by a child, especially when delivering the information to parents and other teachers.

Holistic View:

Helps educators perceive a child in a general development comprehensively.

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Limited Context:

It may not capture the full picture of a child, their behaviors, or the extent of skills he or she has not fully demonstrated.

Simplification:

The very structure of a checklist may be a bit oversimplify making it difficult to capture all of the child's abilities.

Rigidity:

There may be no accommodations of learners needs, characteristics, or learning styles.

Subjectivity:

While assessments are important, numerical ratings should be used, otherwise there may be subjectivity that appears within the observation and analysis, even if the criteria is clear and well established.

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Construction:

1. Identify Areas of Focus

Decide on which broad development areas or domains to measure.

2. Define Behaviors

Identify which behaviors are demonstrative of skill competence.

3. Create Clear Criteria

Make certain each of the set item are clear and quantifiable.

4. Design/Organize

Successfully organize things, placing related knowledge and skills into coherent categories.

Usage:

1. Observations

Stay observant with children and ensure that observations with children are conclusive.

2. Check Off observed behaviors or focused areas

Mark observations intended to use, behaviors and/or areas of focus.

3. Documentation (Note relative information)

Write notes for each item, where appropriate.

4. Review And Share

Provide results as well as recommendations to parents and other colleagues.

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Clear Expectations:

Gives clear information on the degrees of performance.

Specific Feedback:

This can provide information on what particular aspects of a child are stronger or areas of necessary growth.

Fair Assessment:

This reduces the chances of bias when evaluating different children or in the course of different tasks.

Holistic View:

It can be used to assess one or many facets of a child's learning or growth.

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Incomplete Coverage:

May not include all aspects of learning and/or behaviors.

Potential Constraint:

May discourage flexibility or creativity.

Process Neglect:

The outcomes may neglect or ignore the learning process and development.

Time Consuming:

Developing a concrete and clear rubric may be time-consuming for teachers.

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Wortham, S.C., & Hardin, B. J. (2020). Assessment in early childhood education. Boston: Pearson.

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Belinda J. Hardin

Assessment in Early Childhood Education

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Construction:

1. Define Purpose:

Before diagnosis, it will also be useful to clearly define the behaviors or skills being tested.

2. Develop Scale:

Develop a purpose (e.g., frequency, proficiency, or agreement).

3. Write Items:

For each behavior or skill create measurable. precise and specific statements.

4. Organize Format:

Categorize similar behaviors into the same area or section.

Construction:

1. Observe:

Take systematic notes and records of the child with questions overtime.

2. Rate:

Assign proper ratings depending on behaviors which were observed.

3. Analyze:

Search for these patterns or even tendencies in the ratings.

4. Plan:

The results should be used for the development of the individual's learning plan, as well as the necessary interventions.

5. Communicate:

Discuss the results with the parents and other teachers in order to contribute to the child's development.

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Construction:

1. Identify Criteria

Identify the indicators that are to be used for the evaluation of the performance.

2. Defined Levels

Have clear performance levels such as:

a). Beginning

b). Developing

c). Proficient

d). Advanced

3. Detailed Criteria

Formulate specific descriptors for every level of assessment.

4. Organize in columns and levels

Criteria and levels so they can be easily comprehended to a user.

Usage:

1. Assessment

Apply the rubric to assess the work or performance of the child.

2. Evaluate

Match the child's performance to the descriptions within the rubric to determine the level of achievement.

3. Provide Feedback

Descriptors should be used to provide concrete, positive comments

4. Reflect and Set Goals

Results should be used to map further strategies and establish development objectives.