The purposes of doing assessment include: (1) making sound decisions about teaching and learning, (2) identifying significant concerns that may require focused intervention for individual students, and (3) helping programs improve their educational and developmental interventions. Explore, experience, and apply assessment strategies using observation tools and systems in the early childhood classroom. Explore tools and specific activities that apply the principles of state and national documents directly to classroom practice in child-centered and engaging methods. All course materials are provided through the online course website.

This course is applicable towards the Early Childhood Education Certificate.

Course Resources
ECE-901 Syllabus (PDF Document)