Chapter 7: Assessment and Reporting

Chapter 7: Assessment and Reporting

​What is the difference between assessment and testing?

• Assessment is a deeper and on-going process to see where a child is in different developmental stages.

• Testing is usually used to get results on certain knowledge with a general format.

​Two types of assessments

1. Formative assessment: Done on a regular basis on children while doing a lesson or project, this helps teachers and caregivers modify lessons and instructions if children are not making progress.

2. Summative assessment: Done at the end of a lesson or project when it cannot be modified to get a different outcome.

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There are a number of different types of testing. These are some of the tests based on NAEYC's "Position Statement on Standardized Testing of Young Children 3-8 Years of Age :

1. Achievement testing

2. Criterion-referenced testing

3. Developmental testing

4. Norm-referenced testing

5. Readiness testing

6. Reliability testing

7. Screening testing

8. Standardized testing

9. Validity testing

​Make sure to explain the differences between assessment and testing with parents. It is important that parents know what kinds of tests and assessments there are but how they are being used with their children.

​Parents, assessments and testing

​ Act was signed into law in 2001

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What does NCLB stand for?

No Child Left Behind

​Types of Assessments:

• Documenting Children's Work

• Specific Tally

• Running Narratives or Logs

• Incident Records

• Anecdotal Records (Observations)

• Checklists and Rating Scales

• Records of Conversations, Conferences, and Interviews

• Rubrics

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​Portfolio Assessment	​Traditional Assessment	​
Uses multiple forms of assessment.	​Uses one form of assessment.	​
​Gives complete picture of child's learning.	​Gives narrow view of child's learning.	​
​Makes assessment within contexts.	​Makes assessment in contrived learning context (i.e. test).	​
​Is child centered.	​Is curriculum centered.	​
​Is on-going.	​Conducts one-time test on particular task.	​
​Supports the process of learning.	​Represents isolated task separate from the process of learning.	​
​Focuses on what children can do.	​Focuses on what children cannot do.	​
​Evaluates child's past achievements and potential.	​Evaluates by comparison to norms.	​
​Benefits children by supporting their growth.	​Labels, sorts, and ranks children.	​
​Provides teachers with information to extend child's learning.	​Provides little information teacher can use to help child.	​
​Provides opportunity for child to evaluate own learning.	​Uses only teacher evaluation.	​

​Keeping parents informed and involved

• Parent questionares

• Report cards

• Conferences

• Narrative reports

• Telephone calls

• Casual conversations

• Newsletters

• Videotapes

• Evaluating assessment and reporting

What strategies can we use to assess children with special needs?

How can we assess in a culturally sensitive way?

Discuss with class.