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Basics of Assessment
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About This Booklet

Getting Acquainted with Assessment

A Definition

The Process of Assessment

Why We Assess Young Children

Sound Assessment Is .

Doing Assessment

Assessment in the Classroom

What Can (and Should) Be Assessed

When to Assess

Gathering Information about Children

Looking at the Information You Gathered

Using Your Assessment Information

Making Assessment a Part of Your Classroom

Resources

References

For More Information

Glossary

About the Author

Oralie McAfee, professor emerita of early childhood education at Metropolitan State College of Denver, is author of numerous publications related to working with young children and their families, and has done research on assessment practices and needs in Head Start and in selected state-funded prekindergarten programs.

Deborah J. Leong is a professor of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a research fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) where she is working on a computerized pre-K state standards database and a database of preschool assessment instruments with Elena Bodrova. She has written on assessment, play, early literacy, and the development of self-regulation in young children.

Elena Bodrova is a senior researcher at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) in Aurora, Colorado, and a research fellow at NIEER. Previously, she had been visiting professor of educational psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver, senior researcher at the Russian Center for Educational Innovations and the Russian Institute for Preschool Education, and adjunct professor of educational psychology at Moscow Teacher Training College. She writes extensively on early literacy, play, and assessment.

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