Assessment in Early Childhood Education (8^th Ed.)

Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of assessment of young children from birth through the third grade

Written from a developmental perspective, Assessment in Early Childhood Education provides current and future teachers alike with a comprehensive overview of all aspects of early childhood assessment, including the different possibilities available ? far more than standardized tests ? and how to use them most effectively for the benefit of the children in their classrooms. Both traditional and authentic assessments designed by teachers are explained for preschool children and for kindergarten and third grade children who are transitioning into literacy. The 8th Edition has been updated with new learning features, a new chapter about technology, Common Core and State Standards information, important organizational changes, and more.

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Brief Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

1. An Overview of Assessment in Early Childhood
2. How Infants and Young Children Should Be Assessed
3. Communicating with Families

PART II: STANDARDIZED TESTS

1. How Standardized Tests Are Used, Designed, and Selected
2. Using and Reporting Standardized Test Results

PART III: CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS

1. Data-Driven Decision Making, Assessment, and Documentation
2. Observation
3. Checklists, Rating Scales, and Rubrics
4. Teacher-Designed Assessment Strategies
5. Performance-Based Assessment Strategies
6. Portfolio Assessment

About our authors

Sue Clar Wortham is Professor Emerita of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Prior to beginning a teaching career in higher education in 1979, she taught prekindergarten through 2nd grade in public schools, worked as a school district administrator and was a consultant at an education service center. She has authored numerous texts, including Early Childhood Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching (5th Ed., 2010), Pearson. She coauthored Play and Child Development (4th Ed., 2012) with Joe Frost and Stuart Reifel, also published by Pearson. Organizational publications include Childhood 1892 to 2002, published by the Association for Childhood Education International and Playgrounds for Young Children: National Survey and Perspectives, coauthored with Joe Frost, published by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). In 1992, she served as a Fulbright Scholar in Chile. She was president of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) from 1995 to 1997. Since retirement, she has been very active in the development of the Global Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and Care that resulted from an international symposium held in Ruschlikon, Switzerland, in 1999. Subsequently, she has a leadership role in the development, validation and implementation of the ACEI Global Guidelines Assessment adapted from the original guidelines. She edited Common Characteristics and Unique Qualities in Preschool Programs: Global Perspectives in Early Childhood Education for Springer in 2013, which reported on the use of the Global Guidelines Assessment in countries around the world. Dr. Wortham served as volunteer director of educational programs for World Children’s Relief and Volunteer Organization, a small nongovernmental organization (NGO), from 2001 to 2011. She engaged in training teachers and principals in Hait