Assessment

Communicating with Clarity: Helping Children Understand the What, Why, and How of Their Learning

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Spotlight on Young Children: Observation and Assessment, Volume 2

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Authentic Assessment: A Strengths-Based Approach to Making Thinking, Learning, and Development Visible

In this article, I discuss how learning to use authentic assessment strategies starts with learning to see and observe children in their environments and continues with a teacher’s evaluation and reflection.

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Functional Assessment and Positive Behavior Support: The Role of Early Learning Program Leaders and Teachers

Functional analysis is a tool that allows educators to figure out the purpose or function of challenging behavior as well as the events that trigger and maintain it.

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Spring 2023

This issue of Young Children examines developmentally appropriate and equitable assessment practices for early childhood settings.

Assessing Agency in Learning Contexts: A First, Critical Step to Assessing Children

Now, in a study funded by the Brady Education Foundation, researchers are testing a culturally flexible tool that will support agency in classrooms so that more children will be offered dynamic and sophisticated learning experiences.

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Rocking and Rolling: Bringing Observation and Documentation to Life in Infant and Toddler Settings

Teachers can follow this three-step process to guide the interpretation of their observations of infants and toddlers.

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Making Thinking, Learning, and Development Visible Through ePortfolios

The use of ePortfolios offers an avenue for authentically documenting and sharing children’s learning in both early childhood settings and home environments.

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Using Observation to Guide Your Teaching

Help your teachers learn to use classroom observations to adjust teaching strategies and design new learning experiences.

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Message in a Backpack™ What to Know About Developmental Screening

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Learning Stories: Observation, Reflection, and Narrative in Early Childhood Education

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Foundations of Assessment for Preschool Settings

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Formative Assessment: Doing It with a Purpose

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5X. Tips for Embedding Assessment into Daily Preschool Routines

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Authentic and Meaningful Developmental Screening in Early Childhood

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The Power of Video Analysis: Developing Professional Vision and Anti-Bias Practices for Pre- and In-Service Teachers

In this article, we discuss the importance of professional vision, then describe the Video Analysis Framework we created to support its development through focused observation, identifying and disrupting bias, and more.

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Experiences Can’t Go Home in Cubbies: Using Digital Technology and Documentation

Digital documentation such as photos, videos, and audio recordings offer windows into a classroom environment and can also help increase families’ respect for and understanding of the work a program does.

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NAEYC Publishes Book on Integrating the Learning Stories Approach

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.