foundation of early childhood care and education

During the teacher welcome at the start of the school year, Mr. Kane told the teachers that this year they were going to focus on assessments of the children with the main purpose of:

• allowing the school district to keep the mandated records of enrolled children.

• prohibiting children from entering kindergarten when they are unprepared.

• providing parents with rankings to know where their children stand in the class.

• supporting decision making while teaching and caring for children.

Assessment carried out while teaching to inform and improve instruction is called:

• formative assessment.

• summative assessment.

• high stakes testing.

• standardized assessment.

What is the most effective way to build your knowledge of individual children's development?

• Through systematic observations.

• By giving parents lengthy questionnaires.

• By asking previous teachers.

• By administering a personality test.

Near the end of a project on plays and theater, Mr. Amir watched the play performed by his students and took notes. One parent whispers to him, "Why are you taking notes? Why don’t you just sit back, relax, and watch the play?" He says, "I am:

• collecting a work sample."

• conducting a formal assessment during the performance."

• conducting a screening assessment."

• conducting an authentic assessment by taking notes as I observe to provide feedback to the children."

Mrs. Holden uses systematic, intentional observation daily to:

• allow her to diagnostically assess and make appropriate decisions.

• assist her in knowing who is absent and keeping good records.

• help her be better able to see what children know and what they are able to do.

• identify where her students’ ability is compared to other classrooms.

Ms. Portja prefers to use authentic assessment in her classroom because it:

• assesses children at the end of each grading period or at the end of the year

• assesses the whole child rather than a narrow set of skills

• creates a high-stakes process for accountability

• tests specific information and facts isolated from the regular curriculum

"Paper and pencil tasks may make it especially difficult for young children to show what they know," illustrates the principle that assessment should be:

• age-appropriate both in content and method of data collection

• beneficial to children above all else.

• linguistically appropriate for the community being served.

• reliable, valid, and fair for the purpose for which they are being used.

Ms. Andersen has been noticing that Sarah becomes upset during lunch and recess. She decides to do ________ to try and find out what the problem is during these times of the day for Sarah.

• time sampling

• event sampling

• anecdotal notes

• rating scale

Mimi needed to find out what skills the children in her class had in the area of mathematics. The list she used included such skills as counts from one to ten, sorts big and little, demonstrates 1:1 correspondence, and recognizes numerals from 1-10. What kind of observation was she using?

• anecdotal record

• checklist

• event sampling

• rating scale

The Garden of Children Preschool used the Ages and Stages Questionnaires to obtain information about the child’s:

• physical ability on the playground.

• understanding of the five Big Ideas of early literacy.

• developmental milestones met.

• health and hearing.