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Assignment 2: Appropriate and Responsible Practices

Looking back over this course, much information has been presented showing not only the importance of assessment in early childhood, but how assessment can foster healthy development and guide teaching and learning. Throughout the course, you have selected specific assessments for specific purposes and specific age groups. You have researched and analyzed validity and reliability, as well as made modifications based on the needs of students. You have closely examined standards and expectations for early childhood educators that guide assessment in the learning environment.

This Assignment is the first part of your Final Paper/Learning Outcomes Project. At this point in time, all revisions to these documents should have been made based on Instructor and peer feedback. What remains is adding the Introduction and Part 1, as outlined in the Assignment, and submitting the final Learning Outcomes Project. Please be sure to use the rubric and make sure each element has been addressed.

To prepare:

1. Review Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the Learning Outcomes Project as assigned throughout this course and organized for Module 4: Week 8, Assignment 3.

1. Then, consider how this content could be introduced and framed through the Introduction and Part 1 so that your reader(s) are clear on the most important considerations concerning assessment for young children.

Write an informative and summative overview of the importance of assessment in early childhood.

Be sure to address the following:

1. Why should we assess young children?

1. What is purposeful assessment?

Assignment Task To Do….

“Appropriate and Responsible Practices”

1. Introduction: 1 page

1. Part 1: Minimun of 4 pages

Complete Part 1 by providing a thorough discussion of the following:

1. The importance of assessment in early childhood

1. The need for assessment in early childhood

1. How assessment fosters healthy development

1. How assessment can guide teaching and learning

1. What early intervention can do for children

1. How and why families can be and need to be involved in assessment

1. The links between instruction, assessment, development, and learning.

All information should be properly cited from course readings and from your own research, including seven or more scholarly resources with at least four from the last 5 years.