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The Checklist Assessment is a tool that educators use to observe and record specific behaviors , skills and milestones of young children.

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An Example of a checklist Assessment is a Note Pad or sticky notes . For example I use a notepad on a daily that I write short details about my focussed children and at the end of the month I then organize those notes into a more proper document.

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Benefits of using a checklist is that it doesn't have to be so detailed . Main points, thoughts at the moment.

it is in simple text of information that you can look back on later.

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Not Having enough information, being very subjective an not objective.

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Rubric Assessment consist of structured tools that provide deep criteria and levels of performance to eveluate children's work , behaviors and skills.

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One example of Rubrics , would be a criteria for a group project which is broken down into categories and each section you can score between one and five . either individually on some parts an as a whole group on others.

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Rubrics give a wide criteria as to what is expected as a whole/group , a Shared understanding among students who are given the assessment , Educators who are giving the assessments to the students and the parents who receives the results. Rubrics also help educators see where students may need help in areas they maybe struggle and less help in areas they are successful in.

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Rubrics do not give a full picture a child/ children's learning abilities and behaviors.

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structured assessment that allow educators to assign a numerical and or descriptive rating of children's behaviors, skills and qualities.

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an example of a rating scale would be like we use at my daycare center in my classroom we use a Ages and stages rating scale , it is use to see where the child is at academically if they meet the criteria of all the age appropriate things. the document has different questions that your suppose to see if the child can do various things " can you bring mrs. Dee the ball" an if they can you would then mark yes or no and a #.

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the benefits of having/ using a rating scale to help you as the educator to better understand child/ children's academic needs. also it helps parents and guardians understand the child progress academically.

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a disadvantage to rubrics would be the design of them. some are very difficult to understand because of the layout. some rubrics have to much information and not straight to the point.