Early Childhood Education Assessments

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Step 1 (1.5 points): Choose one child from the example document, Developmental Checklist Birth to FivePreview the document. (See attachment) After choosing a child, write an analysis of the child. Your analysis should include the following:Which checklist you are usingThe age of the childThe information that you have learned from the checklist about the childs strengths and developmental concerns you would have about this child that includes at least three different developmental areas from the checklist.Step 2 (3 points): Create a learning objective from the child. Using this child and the domain of your choice from The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework (See attachment) choose a learning standard that relates to an area of need for the child you choose based on their checklist. Create a clear learning objective that aligns with this standard, which you can use to measure the childs performance on the assessment you will create in Step 3.For example, if the screener indicated that the child struggles with identifying shapes, you would choose to focus on a shape skill from the Mathematics Knowledge and Skills Domain. Your objective might be the child will be able to identify shapes correctly at least 80% of the time. Another example would be if the screener indicates that the child struggles to cooperate with others, you would choose a cooperation skill from the Social and Emotional Development Domain. Your objective for this might be the child will be cooperating when playing with a partner at least 90% of the time.If you need assistance with how to create effective learning objectives, please view the Objectives section of the ECE/CD Lesson Planning Handbook that is available with your Constellation materials for the course or review section 7.1 of the course text. In your assignment include the following:The learning standard you chose from the The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning FrameworkA clear and measurable learning objectiveA rationale that explains why you developed the learning objective you did and how it aligns with your learning standard. Make sure to include evidence from the checklist to support your choice.Step 3 (4 points): Develop a curriculum linked developmentally appropriate assessment that assesses your learning objective. You will find helpful guidelines for creating your assessment in Chapter 7 of the text. Also, remember as is stated in section 7.3 of your text, not all assessments are paper and pencil tests so feel free to be creative with your assessment. For example, if you are creating an assessment on shapes you might have the children draw the names of the shapes you say, identify examples of the shapes in the room, or match a picture of the shape to its name. In your assignment include the following:An example of or a detailed description of your assessment, along with specifically how you will document the childs progress. For a more detailed explanation, please review the week three guidance.Step 4 (2 points): Provide a rationale for your curriculum linked assessment. In your rationale, including the following:Explain how you your curriculum linked assessment aligns with the guidelines for teacher developed assessments shared in section 7.3 of the course text.Discuss how the level of learning in your objective matches the level of learning on the assessmentExplain how you will use the results from this assessment to differentiate, accommodate or modify, instruction and intervention. Utilize information from section 7.1- Curriculum Linked to Individual Learning from your course text to support your explanation.Written ExpectationsContent Development (.25 points): Use appropriate and pertinent content to address ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.Context and Purpose for Writing (.25 points): Demonstrates application of organization and presentation of content. The writing is should be clear and easy to understand.Assignment Length (.25 points): Your written paper must be at least five pages (not including title and reference page).Title Page: Inclusion of a separate title page with the following:Title of presentationStudents nameCourse name and numberInstructors nameDate submittedSource Requirement (0.25 Points): Reference one scholarly sources in addition to the text.

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