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Assessment
parents and other adults involved with the child are considered in determining a diagnosis and course of
treatment.
development. Findings can point to areas of the curriculum that need further articulation or resources
or areas
measure overall quality, fidelity to curriculum implementation standards and specific teaching practices.
developers to consider what and how adults should be teaching young children.
to the extent to which the items on an instrument are representative of the key aspects of the domain it
is supposed to
Panel, noted that “the younger the child, the more difficult
it is to obtain reliable and valid assessment data. It is particularly difficult to assess children’s cognitive
abilities accurately
Performance is influenced by children’s emotional and motivational states and by the assessment
conditions themselves.
Because these individual and situational factors affect reliability and validity, assessment of young
children should be