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Suggested
Reading for "Assessment" Class
- NAEYC
Learning to Read and Write - p. 20-23 (Continuum of
Development)
- Starting
Out Right - p. 58-60 and p. 61-124 (best overview of
K-Primary literacy development)
Spotlight
Book From This Week's Guest Faculty - Linda Espinosa
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Spotlight Discussion on Asssessment.-
NAEYC: Young Children January 2004 Volume 59, No
1 - entire issue focused on assessment in Early
Childhood
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Eager
to Learn, contributing author: Linda Espinosa
 Beyond
the Blueprint: Directions for Research
on Head Start Families, contributing author: Linda Espinosa
Additional Resources For Assessment:
Bergnan,
J.R. & J.K. Feld. 1993. Developmental Assessment:
New Directions. Young Children, 48 (5): 41-47.
Hannon,
J. 2000. Learning to Like Matthew. Young
Children, 55 (6): 24-28.
Hills,
T.W. 1993. Assessment in Context - Teachers and
Children at Work. Young Children, 48 (5): 20-28.
Kagan,
S.L. 2000. From our President. Making Assessment
Count... What Matters?. Young Children, 55 (2): 4-5.
Leavitt,
R.L. & B.K. Eheart. 1991. Assessment
in Early Childhood Programs. Young Children, 46 (5):
4-9.
Meisels,
S.J. 1993. Remaking Classroom Assessment With
the Work Sampling System. Young Children, 48 (5):
34-40.
Meisels,
S.J. 2000. On the Side of the Child - Personal
Reflections on Testing, Teaching, and Early Childhood Education.
Young Children, 55 (6): 16-19.
NAEYC.
1991 Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and
Assessment in Programs Serving Children ages 3 through 8.
Young Children, 46 (3): 21-38.
Roskos,
K.A. & J.F. Christie. 2002. KNowing in the
Doing: Observing LIteracy Learning in Play. Young Children,
57 (2): 46-54.
Saab,
J.F. 2001. "How do we know when we're there?"
One School District's Journey Toward Developmentally Appropriate
Practice. Young Children, 56 (3): 88-94.
Schweinhart,
L.J. 1993. Observing Young Children in Action:
The Key to Early Childhood Assessment. Young Children,
48 (5): 29-33.
Shepard,
L.A., Kagan, S.L., & Wurtz, E. Public Policy Report.
1998. Goal 1 Early Childhood's Assessments Resource
Group Recommendations. Young Children, 53 (3): 52-54.
Course Text
and Readings
- S. Neuman,
C. Copple, & S. Bredekamp. (2000). Learning to Reading and Write: Developmentally
Appropriate Practices for Young Children. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
- J. Schickedanz.
(1998). Much more than the ABCs. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
- S. Burns, P.
Griffin, & C. Snow. (1999). Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s
Reading Success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
- Reading and
Writing Now! Promoting Language and Literacy in Head Start.
National Head Start Association (1999).
Children's
Books Resources
National
Resources for Development Screening
Other Resources
and Links
- For short
articles on peace and play, war and play, the Child Care Information
Exchange publishes a daily newsletter on a variety of topics. To see
past
issues or to subscribe go to:
https://secure.ccie.com/eed/archive.php
- America
Reads Challenge http://www.ed.gov/americareads
- Beginning
With Books http://www.clpgh.org/clp/bwb/home.html
- Ctr for
the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) Publications http://www.ciera.org
- Get Free
Books for Children in Your Program! To find out more, go to: http://www.firstbook.org
- Heads
Up! Reading in Nebraska
Here are some resources compiled by our partners in Nebraska:
For a great list of books and videos, go to: http://www.esu3.org/ectc/media/bibs/langlit.pdf
For website links, go to: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ECH/LiteracySites.htm
- International
Reading Association http://www.ira.org
- National
Literacy Center for Family Literacy Publications http://www.famlit.org
- Partnership
for Reading is a collaboration between National Institute for Literacy,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the U.S.
Department of Education. http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/
- "Reading
Planet" is designed to help families & children explore
the world
of books. It features an annotated list of 1,000 children's books that can
be browsed by age group, author, or category (e.g., popular, classic, award
winning). Children can post reviews of their favorite books & read
review
by others. The site, offered by Reading is Fundamental, Inc., also provides
learning activities, articles for adults, & interview with authors.
The site is: http://www.rifreadingplanet.org/rif/
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