Assessment in Early Childhood

What is the process of measuring the growth and the progress of children from birth through the early primary games?

• Readiness 
• Developmental Scales
• Developmental Measurement 
• Developmental Assessment 

A student views his SAT score report and notes that he scored in the 81st percentile. This means that:

• He scored 81% on the test.

• He scored higher than 80% of other people who took the test.

• He answered 81 questions correctly.

• He scored lower than 80 test-takers.

What is the Child Find process designed to do?

• Find a missing child.

• Find students in the class who excel.

• Identify children who are at risk for a disability.

• Identify children who may be exposed to environmental risk factors.

Which is the best written objective:

• The first grade students will individually write a nonfiction text within 20 minutes.

• The children will identify three main events from the story, The Three Little Pigs.

• The students will recall the plot with 100% accuracy.

• Working with a partner, kindergarten students will correctly classify 12 small, medium, and large manipulatives according to size.

Which is an example of formative assessment?

• The PSSA

• An essay exam

• Feedback on a draft of a writing assignment

• A unit test in math

A third-grade teacher develops an assessment for a particular unit prior to writing up daily lesson plans for the unit. The most important advantage of this approach is that it helps the teacher:

• Align daily lessons and activities with the targeted learning outcomes.

• Develop an assessment to match state standards.

• Ensure that the assessment will be accessible for all students.

• Improve presentation skills for delivering instruction.

Using spreadsheet software to maintain students’ performance data is likely to provide a teacher with the most support in which of the following areas?

• Identifying specific gaps in students’ learning

• Providing students with accurate and timely feedback

• Designing activities to address individual learning needs

• Determining an appropriate sequence of instruction

Which of the following statements best describes a major role of assessment anchors in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)?

• Providing uniform rules for the types of tests that are allowed to be administered to students in preparing for the PSSA

• Clarifying the standards assessed on the PSSA to support students’ learning of essential skills and knowledge

• Defining the diverse range of tasks that underlie the educational goals assessed on the PSSA at different grade levels

• Providing a conversion tool for converting a particular student’s PSSA score into a grade-level equivalent

Which part of a lesson plan describes how students will build a deep understanding and connect with other ideas and concepts?

• objectives

• rationale

• assessment

• procedures

Persons involved with or invested in the assessment process are considered:

• educators

• stakeholders

• political

• administrators