The Portfolio and Its Use; Developmentally
Appropriate Assessment of Young Children
This guide from the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), formerly the Southern Association of Children
Under Six (SACUS), describes how teachers and administrators can use assessment portfolios to base instructional decisions
on the achievments and progress of school children. Assessment portfolios are collectoins of work
samples, records of children's activities, observational notes, photographs, and audio and video
recordings. The guides defines the contents of portfolios and explains why and how they should be used in evaluation
and teacher-parent communication. Available from:
SECA
P.O. Box 5403
Little Rock, AR 72215
(501) 663- 0353
Guidlines for the Assessment of Young Children
by Lilian G. Katz
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)/Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood (EECE)
has assembled a set of 12 guidlines for the assessment of young children. For more information about the guidlines
, contact:
ERIC/EECE
University of Illinios
805 W. Penn. Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-1386
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From Teachers College Press
Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB), Second Edition,by Ann E. Boehm and Barbara R.
Slater.The CSAB is designed to provide a profile of skill competencies for the purpose of
curriculum planning in pre-kindergarten and kindegarten programs. In addition to providing a
profile of each child's skills in term of strengths and those areas still needing development, CSAB presents
a class profile enabling the teacher to match classroom goals in the cognitive skills area to
individual pupil assistance. 1981.
Family Day Care Rating Scale,by Thelma Harms and Richard M. Clifford. This guide,
an expanded adaptation of the popular Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Teachers College Press, 1980),
provides an easy-to-use resource for evaluating family day care providers, a quality measure for State and private
monitoring agencies, and a valuable guide for concerned parents. 1989.
Introduction to the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale,by Thelma Harms, Richard
Clifford, and Debby Cryer. This is a multimedia training package for learning to use the Early Childhood
Environment Rating Scale. The Trainer's Audio-Visual Kit includes a 111-frame interactive filmstrip, an accompanying
audiocassette, and an Instructor's Guide. The Instructor's Guide explains how to use the filmstrip/audiocassette
presentation and provides detailed summaries of important points to cover in the open-ended activiites. The
Viewer's Guide and Training Workbook, a 16-page booklet containing explanation and practice exercises,
is for the trainees to use. 1988.
Available from:
Teachers College Press
P.O. Box 2032
Colchester, VT 05449
(800) 488-2665 |
Screening and Assessment: Guidlines for Identifying
Young Disabled and Developmentally Vulnerable Children and Their Families
by Samuel J. Meisels and Sally Provence, with the Task Force on Screening and Assessment of the
Natoinal Early Childhood Technical Assistance System
These guidlines identify and assess children who should participate in
programs related to the infant-toddler and the preschool components of
the Individuals With Disablities Education Act. It focuses on the rationale
core components, and guidlines for establishing a system of screening
and assessing children who are developmentally vulnerable, birth through
age 5, and their families. They include screening and assessment models,
processes and procedures, and a glossary. 1989. (See also page 15 of this
newsletter.) Available from:
ZERO TO THREE/
National Center for Clinical INfant Programs
2000 14th Street, North
Suite 380
Arlington, VA 22201-2500
(703) 528-4300
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