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1 Assessment of Young Children Cindy Alvarez EDTE 290 Chapter 7 Reflection

2 In chapter 7 we learn about the assessment of young children. There is a rang of words that have become controversial such as high stakes testing, assessment, and accountability. Parents and teachers question the need for these assessments and how the results are used to reflect the student. Assessments can be tricky especially when every child is different including the ones with learning disabilities and from different cultures. As a student teacher the mention of National Education Goals and No child Left Behind can cause strong opinion with others. The issue is how everyone has different opinions, and how they are used for both the schools and students. The most important thing as a teacher is how to make the process less stressful for the students. In the presidency of George H. Bush, he called for making of the National Educational Goals. It was for children to enter school ready to learn (Tyminski, 2013). It created a clear guideline for the nature, function and use of early childhood assessments. Assessments are used to evaluate a student. You document their progress of decision-making process, different methods, individual or group, interpretation, ethics and responsibilities. Every child deserves thoughtful assessments that are ongoing, appropriate and are supportive. It can be collected from observation, family interviews, testing, and different approaches that are authentic. Some people think that testing and assessing are similar, but they are completely different. The terms testing, measurement, and standards are common in high stake testing. These are important for decisions that affect the future of children, teachers, schools and their education program. They are used for collecting data that are given in a prescribed manner and reported numerically. Things to consider with testing are the benefits for the children, what decisions will be made with the results, is training necessary to administer the test, and how will families be informed of the test results (Tyminski, 2013). With the results of testing

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