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Picture-Based Assessment for Pre-Readers: How to Assess Learning Without Depending on Text
A teacher puts four picture cards on the carpet: a sun, an umbrella, a coat and a sandwich. “Which one do we need when…
Constructive Feedback in Preschool Assessment: Moving Beyond “Good Job”
A four-year-old holds up her painting and waits. Her pre-K teacher, halfway through a dispute at the water table, calls over, “Great job!” The…
Using Preschool Assessment Evidence to Plan Next Steps: From “What We Saw” to “What Happens Tomorrow”
By Thursday afternoon, a Pre-K teacher has a folder that looks like good practice. There is a photo of a block tower, three sticky…
Preschool Portfolio Assessment: How to Design Evidence That Shows Development
By March, a teacher has forty photographs of the same four-year-old. Blocks, paint, a sticker sheet, a drawing of her family. The folder is…
Observation-Based Assessment in Preschool: What Should Teachers Actually Look For?
Three children are at the sand tray. One fills a cup and counts each scoop aloud. One pours the same cup back and forth.…
Formative vs Summative Assessment in Early Years: When Does Each Matter?
In March, a four-year-old at the sand tray counts seven shells. She touches each one, loses her place at five, starts again, and gets…
Early Years Assessment Framework: What Should It Actually Include?
At the end of term, an Academic Director opens assessment folders from three Pre-K classrooms. The first holds forty photos and no notes. The…
The Assessment Blueprint Starts With a Decision, Not a Syllabus
Picture a hypothetical Grade 7 end-of-term mathematics paper. Forty items, ten standards, four items each. Every standard is covered, the marks are neatly spread,…
Students as Technology Creators: Why Every Project Needs a Real User
Consider two eighth-grade projects, both built in the same unit. The first is a quiz game about the planets. It works. It has a…
Picture-Based Assessment for Pre-Readers: How to Assess Learning Without Depending on Text
A teacher puts four picture cards on the carpet: a sun, an umbrella, a coat and a sandwich. “Which one do we need when…