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ECE/207

Assessment in Early Childhood Education

Course level: Continuing Teacher Education

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Continuing Education for Teachers

Online

Format

$525

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

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This course provides an overview of a variety of assessment techniques in early childhood education, including assessment of children with special needs. There is a focus on structured observations, use of behavioral rating scales, psycho-educational screening tests, and assessment of parent-child interactions. Formal and informal parent contacts, interviewing techniques, the use of technology in the assessment process, and referrals to school and community resources are also explored. Emphasis is placed on developmental and differentiated assessment strategies for children, birth through age eight.

This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, and Kentucky.

Prerequisites

None

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.

  • Explain the purposes of assessment in early childhood.
  • Describe the foundational principles of an assessment system.
  • Differentiate between assessment and testing.

  • Analyze the types of differentiated and developmental assessments used with preschool and primary-grade children.
  • Summarize guidelines for conducting developmentally-appropriate observations.
  • Identify techniques for collecting, recording, compiling, and summarizing classroom and parent-child interaction assessment data.
  • Explain how to ensure the validity and reliability of checklists, rating scales, and rubrics.
  • Apply technology tools to the creation of classroom assessments.

  • Discuss the use of standardized tests in early childhood education, including psycho-educational screening.
  • Describe the role of the early childhood teacher in standardized testing.
  • Identify appropriate accommodations for standardized testing of children with special needs.

  • Apply technology to the analysis of assessment data.
  • Discuss the use of documentation for planning differentiated instruction.
  • Analyze use of assessment data to plan instruction.
  • Apply the use of assessment data for making referrals to school and community resources.

  • Develop strategies for communicating assessment results in parent conferences.
  • Analyze the roles of families in screening and assessment.
  • Describe how early childhood educators collaborate with parents to apply assessment data to educational interventions.

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