Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Describe the role and purpose of assessments in an early childhood learning environment.
- Identify the roles of family, medical professionals, and educators in the early childhood assessment process.
- Define assessment in the use of curriculum and intentional teaching.
- Examine types of assessment tools.
- Define assessment goals and key elements of assessment with regard to developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood.
- Define relevant components in selecting an appropriate assessment tool.
- Describe the essential characteristics of a good measurement instrument for evaluating children’s learning.
- Define the purpose of systematic assessment practice and setting goals for instructional design.
- Examine multiple developmental domains interrelated to assessment goals.
- Identify the importance of selecting a variety of assessment tools to achieve assessment goals.
- Analyze the importance of evaluating assessment tools to influence effective instructional activities, enhance curriculum, and modify the learning environment to achieve learning goals.
- Understand the multiple influences of culture, family, technology, and language in the design and implementation of assessments.
- Develop documentation, recording, and evaluation techniques.
- Understand the role of learning models and learning theories in the interpretation and application of assessments.
- Interpret differences in assessment tools and outcomes.
- Evaluate strengths, learning potentials, and differences in assessment outcomes.
- Apply assessment results to instructional strategies including curriculum development, materials, learning activities, and classroom environment.
- Identify stakeholders to include in the communication of assessment.
- Examine the benefits, effectiveness and appropriateness of community and family collaboration.
- Identify barriers in a collaborative process.
- Develop appropriate and mutually beneficial venues for communication.
- Identify additional community, school, or district resources for children and families based on assessments.
- Explain the role of government funding and mandates in the assessment process.
