Authentic Assessment in Infant & Toddler Care Settings: Review of Recent Research

2010
This policy brief describes what authentic assessment is, the role observation plays in authentic assessment, how information from observations is used to develop curriculum, outcomes from authentic assessment, and the need to include authentic assessment training in professional development activities for early childhood practitioners who work with infants and toddlers.
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/CYF/Authentic-Assessment-Child-Care.pdf

Resource Type: 

  • Print

Topic: 

  • Assessment
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Instruction
  • Policy

NC Community College Core Course: 

  • Introduction to Early Childhood
  • Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
  • Child Development and Learning
  • Early Childhood Capstone Practicum