Content Review

Optional Resources

• Web Article: "The Words We Use: A Glossary of Terms for Early Childhood Education Standards and Assessments"

  www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200401/martella.pdf

• Questionnaires: Brookes Publishing: Ages and Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ)

  http://forms.brookespublishing.com/store/books/squires-69667/index.htm

• Questionnaires: Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE)

  http://forms.brookespublishing.com/store/books/squires-asqse/index.htm

• Web Article: "Developmental Screening"

  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/devtool.htm 

• Web Site: First Signs.org

  http://www.firstsigns.org/

• Web Article: "Newborn Screening Tests"

  http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/newborn_screening_tests.html

• Web Site: Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center: State and Regional Newborn Screening

  http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources/newborn/state.htm

• Web Article: "A Baby's First Step in Life: A Newborn Screening Guide for Parents"

  http://www.idph.state.il.us/HealthWellness/nbsparentguide.htm. 

   
  Content Review

   

   

  Directions:

  Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2 and 3 paragraphs in length.

  Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.

  Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to.

   

  Consider what you have learned about why we assess young children. Based on pages 31–33 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children's Development and Learning and the video segment "Overview of Assessment"," briefly explain the importance of developmentally appropriate assessments.

   

  Policymakers, the early childhood profession, and other stakeholders in young children's lives have many shared responsibilities regarding effective assessment (NAEYC & NAEC/SDE, 2003, p. 4). Using the information presented on pages 3–6 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children's Development and Learning, explain the responsibilities of each of these groups in ensuring effective assessment.

   

  Each child approaches, interacts, and processes their world in unique ways. Effective assessment takes this uniqueness into account through sensitivity to individual abilities and linguistic, social, and cultural differences. Review pages 18–23 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children's Development and Learning, and explain, using examples, why sensitivity to each of these factors is such an important component of effective assessment. Then, summarize the role fair and impartial assessment plays in achieving this sensitivity.