Assessing Kindergarten Children: A Compendium of Assessment Instruments
http://www.serve.org/publications/rdakcc.pdf
Assessment requires the gathering of information to plan programs for children. Several alternatives are provided.
Assessing Young Children: Measuring Growth and Celebrating Achievements
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2/issues/1201issue.shtm
Dr. Cathy Grace presents alternatives to standardized testing to assess young children.
Assessment, Portfolios, and Observation
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?CatID=166&CFID=71854&CFTOKEN=7002546
This site provides several links to articles on these topics.
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
“The CRESST mission focuses on the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes”…in four strands.
Understanding Rubrics
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/docs/rubricar.htm
“When you learn what rubrics do—and why—you can create and use them to support and assess student learning without losing your sanity.”
The Work Sampling System
http://www.rebusinc.com/index2.html
“The Work Sampling System is an ongoing classroom performance assessment system that is used in preschool through fifth grade. Its purpose is to document children's skills, knowledge, behavior, and accomplishments across a wide variety of curriculum areas on multiple occasions in order to enhance teaching and learning.”
