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For this Written Response Assessment, you will respond to a series of ?prompts related to essential assessment strategies and methods used to ?support young childrens development and le

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Overview

For this Written Response Assessment, you will respond to a series of  prompts related to essential assessment strategies and methods used to  support young children’s development and learning.

Professional Skills: Written Communication is assessed in this Competency.

 

Instructions

Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This  is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and  it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the  Competency.  Many students find that understanding the requirements of  the Assessment and rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use  their time most productively.

All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing.  Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where  appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be  returned without scoring.

AY3002: Assessment Strategies and Methods: Analyze essential assessment strategies and methods used to support young children’s development and learning.

Written Response Submission Form

Your Name: First and last

Your E-Mail Address: Your email here

Instructions

Write your responses where it reads “Enter your response here.” Write as much as needed to satisfy the requirements indicated. Each item contains the rubric, which will be used to evaluate your responses.

At the end of the template, list the references you used to support your responses.

Item 1

Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies

Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning.

LO 1: Explain the role of observation in understanding young children’s development and learning

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 2

Analyze the running record observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies

Analyze the running record observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use.

LO 2: Analyze the running record observational strategy

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 3

Explain the anecdotal note observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use. (1–2 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies

Analyze the anecdotal note observational strategy, including the strengths and challenges associated with its use.

LO 3: Analyze the anecdotal note observational strategy

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 4

Analyze the critical role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning. Include at least two documentation procedures to illustrate your response. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies

Analyze the critical role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning. Include at least two documentations procedures to illustrate your response.

LO 4: Analyze the role of documentation in understanding young children’s development and learning

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 5

Explain how checklists are commonly used in early childhood settings, including their strengths and challenges. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Essential Assessment Strategies

Explain how checklists are commonly used in early childhood settings, including their strengths and challenges.

LO 5: Explain the use of checklists in early childhood settings

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Items 6 and 7 are based on the following scenario:

Ms. Diallo is a new preschool teacher at a center where conferences with families are held twice a year. Ms. Diallo wants to make sure that when conference time comes around, she is prepared to communicate children’s progress and challenges in physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains of development. She also wants her discussions with families to be based on samples of children’s work that evidence their development and learning throughout the year. She has come to you seeking advice.

Item 6

Explain to Ms. Diallo how portfolios are an effective strategy to document children’s development and learning over time. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 2: Portfolios and Performance-Based Assessment

Explain how portfolios are an effective strategy to document children’s development and learning over time.

LO 1: Explain the effectiveness of portfolios for documenting children’s development and learning

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 7

Explain at least three strategies Ms. Diallo can use to ensure the portfolios developed are comprehensive and include an authentic representation of children’s development and learning. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 2: Portfolios and Performance-Based Assessment

Explain at least three strategies to ensure the portfolios developed are comprehensive and include an authentic representation of children’s development and learning.

LO 2: Explain strategies to support the development of authentic and comprehensive portfolios

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 8

Explain the purpose and at least three common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings. (2–3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Meets Expectations

Topic 2: Portfolios and Performance-Based Assessment

Explain the purpose and at least three common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings.

LO 3: Explain the purpose and common uses of performance-based assessments within early childhood settings

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 9

Explain the purpose of the following and provide an example of how each might be appropriately used in an early childhood setting:

· Screening assessment

· Instructional assessment

· Diagnostic assessment

(3 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 3: Formal Assessment

Explain the purpose of the following and provide examples of how each might be appropriately used in an early childhood setting: Screening assessment, Instructional assessment, and Diagnostic assessment.

LO 1: Explain the purpose of screening, instructional, and diagnostic assessments

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 10

Explain why it is important that diagnostic assessments:

· are culturally and linguistically relevant,

· include a variety of data sources, and

· incorporate the family’s perspective on the child’s strengths and challenges. (1–2 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 3: Formal Assessment

Explain why it is important that diagnostic assessments are culturally and linguistically relevant, include a variety of data sources, and incorporate the family’s perspective on the child’s strengths and challenges.

LO 2: Explain characteristics of diagnostic assessments

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 11

Mrs. Mooney, a third-grade teacher at Circle Lake Elementary, is a strong believer in standardized testing for primary grade children. Her colleague and best friend, Miss Humphries, is just as passionate in her belief that standardized testing is inappropriate for young children. Summarize each of their positions. (2 paragraphs)

Your Response

Enter your response here.

Rubric

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Needs Improvement

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Meets Expectations

Topic 3: Formal Assessment

Summarize positions on standardized testing for young children.

LO 3: Summarize positions on standardized testing for young children

Response is missing.

Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete.

Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

References

Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. The following is a sample citation:

· Wortham, S. C., & Hardin, B. J. (2016). Assessment in early childhood education (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Professional Skill Assessment

In this Competency Assessment, you will be assessed on the following Professional Skill: Written Communication. This skill counts toward your achievement of the Competency and the Professional Skill.

Professional Skills Rubric

Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose.

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Not Present

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Needs Improvement

2

Meets Expectations

LO1: Construct complete and correct sentences (AWE 2; Sentence Level Skills)

Sentences are incoherent and impede reader’s access to ideas.

Sentences are incomplete and/or include fragments and run-on sentences, limiting reader’s access to ideas.

Sentence structure effectively conveys meaning to the reader.

LO2: Demonstrate the effective use of grammar and mechanics. (AWE 2; Sentence Level Skills)

Multiple inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics impede reader’s access to ideas.

Some inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics limit reader’s access to ideas.

Use of grammar and mechanics is straightforward and effectively conveys meaning to reader.

LO3: Create cohesive paragraphs with a clear central idea. (AWE 2; Paragraph Level Skills)