In the Week 4 Case Study: Assessment/Resources , Mrs. Ashland was asked to be part of a shared decision of assessment selection. Mrs. Ford, the Director of the center, asks her to use her knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching approaches to evaluate specific assessment tools and practices that may be used center-wide.  Mrs. Ford identifies the following tools for Mrs. Ashland to research and use in her classroom to help inform her decision: Anecdotal Records Checklists  Rating scales Rubrics  Running Records The textbook explores these assessments further and provides specific examples to use for administration. Using the information gained in the case study, as well as the information and examples presented in the chapter, administer two of assessments of your choice.  You may choose to administer to a child that you know and have permission to conduct an example assessment with, or you may use a child from one of the case studies in your text. For this discussion, you will submit your reflections of the administration, addressing the following:    What do you think the strengths of using this assessment are? What did you find challenging when administering this assessment?  What is your action plan to improve this? After reviewing your findings, what did your results conclude? Based on your analysis of your assessment data, what are three recommendations that you have for the curriculum for the learner going forward?  How will you use the assessment data to make instructional decisions? CASE STUDY ATTACHED! MUST BE atleast 300 words in APA format. Required Resources Krogh, S. (2013). A Bridge to the Classroom and Early Care: ECE Capstone . San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. Chapter 5: Assessment and Evaluation: The Background Pretti-Frontczak, K., Carta, J. J., Dropkin, E., Fox, L., Grisham-Brown, J., Pope Edwards, C., & Sandall, S. (2013, February 7).  Frameworks for response to intervention in early childhood: Description and implications .  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/RTI%20in%20Early%20Childhood_0.pdf Heald, S. & Zaur, J. (2013).  ECE 430: Week 4 case study: Assessment/resources . Ashford University, College of Education, San Diego, CA.  In Case Study 4, Mrs. Ashland reflects on the day.  As a result of her reflection, we see examples of the role of collaborative support of children including family partnerships, administrative support, community resource use and assessment shared decision making. Recommended Resources Snow, K. (2011).  Developing kindergarten readiness and other large-scale assessment systems .  NAEYC Center for Applied Research .  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/research/Assessment_Systems.pdf This report discusses specific considerations that take into account opportunities and serious cautions in the appropriate use of kindergarten readiness assessments. Candice Broom. (2011, June 3). Deacon's PYP IB Portfolio for EY3 [Vi.

1. In the
Week 4 Case Study: Assessment/Resources
, Mrs. Ashland was asked to be part of a shared decision of
assessment selection.
Mrs. Ford, the Director of the center, asks her to use her
knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching approaches
to evaluate specific assessment tools and practices that may be
used center-wide. Mrs. Ford identifies the following tools for
Mrs. Ashland to research and use in her classroom to help
inform her decision:
Anecdotal Records
Checklists
Rating scales
Rubrics
Running Records
The textbook explores these assessments further and provides
specific examples to use for administration. Using the
information gained in the case study, as well as the information
and examples presented in the chapter, administer two of
assessments of your choice. You may choose to administer to a
child that you know and have permission to conduct an example
assessment with, or you may use a child from one of the case
studies in your text.
For this discussion, you will submit your reflections of the
administration, addressing the following:
What do you think the strengths of using this assessment are?
What did you find challenging when administering this
assessment? What is your action plan to improve this?
After reviewing your findings, what did your results conclude?

2. Based on your analysis of your assessment data, what are three
recommendations that you have for the curriculum for the
learner going forward? How will you use the assessment data to
make instructional decisions?
CASE STUDY ATTACHED!
MUST BE atleast 300 words in APA format.
Required Resources
Krogh, S. (2013).
A Bridge to the Classroom and Early Care: ECE Capstone
. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Chapter 5: Assessment and Evaluation: The Background
Pretti-Frontczak, K., Carta, J. J., Dropkin, E., Fox, L., Grisham-
Brown, J., Pope Edwards, C., & Sandall, S. (2013, February 7).
Frameworks for response to intervention in early childhood:
Description and implications
.
Retrieved from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/RTI%20in%20Early%20Child
hood_0.pdf
Heald, S. & Zaur, J. (2013).
ECE 430: Week 4 case study: Assessment/resources
. Ashford University, College of Education, San Diego, CA.
In Case Study 4, Mrs. Ashland reflects on the day. As a result

3. of her reflection, we see examples of the role of collaborative
support of children including family partnerships,
administrative support, community resource use and assessment
shared decision making.
Recommended Resources
Snow, K. (2011).
Developing kindergarten readiness and other large-scale
assessment systems
.
NAEYC Center for Applied Research
. Retrieved from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/research/Assessment_Syst
ems.pdf
This report discusses specific considerations that take into
account opportunities and serious cautions in the appropriate
use of kindergarten readiness assessments.
Candice Broom. (2011, June 3).
Deacon's PYP IB Portfolio for EY3
[Video File]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTea-LUD_Y
This is an example of an ePortfolio created by an early
childhood classroom teacher to showcase a 3 year olds learning.
The Iris Center. (2012).
Classroom assessment (Part 1): An introduction to monitoring
academic achievement in the classroom
. Retrieved from
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/gpm/chalcycle.htm
This module discusses how progress monitoring can affect the
academic outcomes of students, and it demonstrates how to
implement curriculum-based measurement with a classroom of
students.
The Iris Center. (2012).

4. Classroom assessment (Part 2): Evaluating reading progress
. Retrieved from
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/rpm/chalcycle.htm
This module explores in detail the assessment procedures
integral to RTI. It also outlines how to use progress monitoring
data to determine if a student is meeting the established
performance criteria or if more intensive.
Pre-K Student Portfolios
(http://www.prekinders.com/student-portfolios)
This website offers templates and tools for use in the pre-k
classroom.
Jing
(http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html)
Jing gives you the basic tools to start sharing images and short
videos of f your computer screen.