An Authentic Approach to Assessing Pre-Kindergarten Programs.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Freeman, Nancy; Brown, Mac
- Source
- Childhood Education. 2008 Annual Theme, Vol. 84 Issue 5, p267-273. 7p.
- Subject
- *READINESS for school
*EARLY childhood education
*ALTERNATIVE assessment (Education)
*RATING of students
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-4056
The article focuses on the early childhood education assessment system used in South Carolina. It notes that assessment for kindergarten and first grade is a performance-based model based on the Work Sampling System. Issues related to the assessment of young children and their readiness for school are discussed and include cultural bias within the testing instrument and variability among children.