Authentic Assessment
5 - PART SERIES
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This video series explores the value of authentic assessment in documenting young children's progress, observational methods used to assess young children, systems used to organize the data and different formal assessment instruments or checklists used to collage the data. This series is extremely valuable for state and federal programs across the country where assessment of young children is mandated. |
• Authentic Assessment:
Setting the Stage
The validity of Authentic Assessment techniques to chart children's growth and development versus the use of standardized testing is discussed. This module sets the stage for understanding how children are observed within the context of their play as well as their culture and how these observations are important to understanding their total development. The importance of these assessments in informing funding sources and other stakeholders will also be addressed.
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• Parents:
Our Most Important Resource
This module emphasizes the importance of communicating with and respecting parents throughout the assessment process. Gaining information from parents during registration, as well as working with the parents as a partner throughout the year, is crucial to understanding and charting the growth of the whole child. |
• Observation of Young Children I:
The Eyes Have It
"A good observer is a good teacher." This module will explore a variety of authentic assessment techniques used in pre-school settings to document the growth of young children in their classrooms. This documentation includes: observations, work samples, story dictation and pictures of young children within the context of their environment. |
• Training and Support Is The Key
Education Coordinators and Directors discuss the importance of initial training and on-going training for their staff and for themselves. They describe how they were instructed in the particular curriculum assessment model which they use and how they share this information with their staff and provide support and continuous training throughout the year. Educators and trainers emphasize that it is the fine-tuning of the assessment process that is crucial to the valid assessment of young children. The importance of being able to link assessment information to curriculum, and how teachers can plan, based on this information, is also presented. |
• Observation of Young Children II:
Making The Connection
Teachers and education coordinators will demonstrate the system that they use to collate the observational data on young children. This data includes, but is not limited to, work samples, observations, story dictation and pictures of children engaged in activities. A variety of portfolio systems will be explored. Teachers will demonstrate the linkage between the formative assessment system they are utilizing and how that data informs the formal assessment or checklist. |
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Release: 2004 Adult, Professional
DVD: $115.00 each • $550.00 series of 5 DVD’s
VHS: $115.00 each • $550.00 series of 5 videos
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