Evaluation and Assessment
Documents for Program Administrators
| General Evaluation and Assessment Documents | Recognition & Response Resources |
General Evaluation and Assessment Documents:
| Assessing Kindergarten Children: What School Systems Need to Know (PDF - 1,156 KB) | |
| Authors: | C. Scott-Little, & J. Niemeyer, 2001 |
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| Description: | From SERVE. A planning guide and tool to help school systems make decisions about assessments based on “best practices" in early childhood assessment. |
| Assessing the State of State Assessments: Assessing Young Children (PDF - 7,044 KB) | |
| Authors: | SERVE, 2003 |
| Description: | For states that are designing wide-scale early childhood assessment systems. Addresses four critical areas—design, instrumentation, implementation, and data utilization. |
| Assessment of Young Children: An Annotated Bibliography (PDF - PDF - 296 KB) | |
| Authors: | Early Childhood Training Center (ECTC), 2007 |
| Description: | Selected listing of books, videos, CD-ROMs, and assessment instruments for young children. |
| Beyond Outcomes: How Ongoing Assessment Supports Learning and Leads to Meaningful Curriculum (PDF - 508 KB) | |
| Authors: | D. Dodge, C. Heroman, J. Charles, & J. Maiorca, 2004 |
| Description: | A Young Exceptional Children monograph. Information on gathering data from children’s everyday activities to gain a representation of children’s abilities and progression. |
| Child Outcome Standards in Pre-K Programs: What Are Standards; What is Needed to Make them Work? (PDF - 1244 KB ) | |
| Authors: | E. Bodrova, D. Leong, & R. Shore, Nat’l Institute for Early Education Research, 2004 |
| Description: | Different types of Pre-K standards (program, classroom, teaching and curriculum, child outcome, content, and performance), and keys to effective standards. |
| Developmental Screening and Assessment Instruments with an Emphasis on Social and Emotional Development for Young Children Ages Birth through Five (PDF - 998 KB ) | |
| Authors: | S.Ringwalt, 2008 |
| Description: | A list of instruments with administration and scoring procedures, for screening and assessment of children’s social and emotional development. |
| Effective Practices in Pre-K Assessment (PDF - 207 KB) | |
| Authors: | M. McLean, October 2004 |
| Description: | Power point describing the functions of assessment, authentic assessment, and assessment of young English language learners. |
Florida's Rules for Pre-K Children with Disabilities or Developmental Delay File
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| Authors: | State of Florida |
| Description: | Florida rules 6A-6.03026, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), Special Programs for Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities and 6A-6.03027 (FAC), Special Programs for Children Three Through Five Years Old Who are Developmentally Delayed. |
| NAEYC/NAECS/SDE Position Statement on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation (PDF - 67 KB) | |
| Authors: | Nat’l Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) & Nat’l Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE), 2003 |
| Description: | This joint position statement addresses the importance of high-quality programs for all young children with an emphasis on curriculum, assessment and program evaluation. |
| NAEYC/NAECS/SDE Position Statement with Expanded Resources – Early Childhood Curriculum Assessment & Program Evaluation: Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for Children Birth through Age 8 (PDF - 199 KB) | |
| Authors: | (NAEYC) and (NAECS/SDE), 2004 |
| Description: | Contains the position statement and recommendations in addition to an overview of relevant trends and issues, principles and values, and a rational for each recommendation. |
| Prepared for Kindergarten: What Does “Readiness” Mean? (PDF - 418 KB) | |
| Authors: | D. J. Ackerman, & W. S. Barnett, 2005 |
| Description: | This policy brief addresses school readiness and how it may be improved. |
| Preschool Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach (PDF - 1514 KB) | |
| Authors: | A. S. Epstein, L. J. Schweinhart, A. DeBruin-Parecki, & K. B. Robin, n.d. |
| Description: | From the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). Discusses why assessment is important, assessment methods, and reliable and valid preschool assessment. |
| Promoting Positive Outcomes for Children with Disabilities: Recommendations for Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation (PDF - 336 KB) | |
| Authors: | Division for Early Childhood, Council for Exceptional Children (DEC), 2007 |
| Description: | Provides key recommendations with rationales for each of the components in the NAEYC/NAECS/SDE position statement: Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation. |
| Screening and Assessment of Young English Language Learners: Supplement to the NAEYC/NAECS/SDE Joint position Statement on Early Childhood Curriculum Assessment & Program Evaluation (PDF - 327 KB) | |
| Authors: | National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Summer 2005 |
| Description: | Supplement to the joint position statement. Issues, challenges, and recommendations related to assessing young English language learners. |
| Screening for Social Emotional Concerns: Considerations in the Selection of Instruments (PDF - 7255 KB) | |
| Authors: | Jasolyn Henderson and Phillip Strain, Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI), 2009 |
| Description: | Part of the Roadmap to Effective Practices series. Provides a brief overview of the use of screening and assists administrators and teachers in choosing appropriate instruments. |
| Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Curriculum and Assessment (PDF - 114 KB) | |
| Authors: | Nat’l Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) & Nat’l Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE), 2004 |
| Description: | A self-assessment planning tool for programs/agencies to evaluate their curriculum and assessment system based on recommendations from the NAEYC/NAECS/SDE joint position statement. |
| Self-Assessment and Planning Tool on Early Learning Standards (PDF - 54 KB) | |
| Authors: | (NAEYC) and (NAECS/SDE), 2004 |
| Description: | A guide for use during an Early Learning Standards development process to help determine if the process is aligned with recommendations outlined in the NAEYC/NAECS/SDE position statement. |
| The State of Preschool 2008 (web link) | |
| Authors: | W. S. Barnett, D. J. Epstein, A. H. Friedman, J. S. Boyd, & J. T. Hustedt, 2009 |
| Description: | From the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). Annual report profiling state-funded Pre-K programs in the U.S. |
| Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality (PDF - 675 KB) | |
| Authors: | National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force |
| Description: | This report provides the basis for the improved delivery of continuous, high-quality services for young children and their families. |
Recognition & Response: Documents related to Recognition & Response (Response to Intervention - RtI) for Pre-k children, and progress montoring. For more resources on Recognition and Response, please go to the Recognition and Response section of the References and the following sites in the Links section.
| Detecting Early Warning Signs in Children at Risk for Learning Disabilities (PDF - 107 KB) | |
| Authors: | Frank Porter Graham Center Snapshot #39, June 2006 |
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| Description: | Overview of Recognition & Response. Underscores the importance of recognizing and responding to critical early warning signs of learning difficulties in young children. |
| Recognition & Response (PDF - 2873 KB) | |
| Authors: | V. Buysse, E. Peisner-Feinberg, & L. Berger, December 2008 |
| Description: | A Power Point explaining the Recognition & Response model. |
| Response to Intervention and the Pyramid Model (PDF - 1165 KB) | |
| Authors: | L. Fox, J. Carta, P. Strain, G. Dunlap, & M. L. Hemmeter, 2009 |
| Description: | Discussion of the Pyramid Model and its application for promoting young children’s social competence and preventing behavior challenges. |
| Response to Intervention (RTI) in Early Childhood: Building Consensus on the Defining Features (PDF - 690 KB) | |
| Authors: | The National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI), 2012 |
| Description: | A concept paper that provides a framework for thinking about the meaning of RTI in early childhood and outlines important considerations for programs that choose to adopt and implement RTI. |
| Roadmap to Pre-K RTI: Applying Response to Intervention in Preschool Settings (PDF - 689 KB) | |
| Authors: | M. R. Coleman, T. West, & F. Roth, National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2009 |
| Description: | Information on key components of RtI in preschool settings, examples of models, and resources for implementation and policy recommendations. |
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