In the broadest terms, developmentally appropriate assessment produces information that illuminates what children “know and are able to do” (NRC 2008, 27).
Authored by
Authored by:
Peter L. Mangione, Tamarra Osborne, Heidi Mendenhall
High-stakes, summative assessments are used to gauge student learning against a standard or a benchmark (Afflerbach 2016; Ferguson 2017) and are sometimes used to make significant educational decisions about children.
Authored by
Authored by:
Celeste C. Bates, Stephanie Madison Schenck, Hayley J. Hoover
The articles in this cluster offer detailed information on ways teachers can observe and document children’s learning across developmental domains and then use that documentation to plan instruction.
Today, 97 percent of all KinderCare Education centers are accredited by NAEYC! Read this blog post by the Director of Quality & Accreditation on how KinderCare managed to navigate the accreditation process, as well as practical tips and advice for other p
Reflecting NAEYC’s commitment to periodically revising and updating its core position statements, we’ve worked hard to reflect the knowledge from research and practice that has emerged over the last decade since DAP was last revised.
Mientras NAEYC sigue estudiando los resultados de su sistema optimizado, estamos comprometidos a proveer datos al campo profesional sobre mejorar la implementación.
This issue of Young Children takes you inside several multilingual classrooms for in-depth, practical examples of how to enhance social, emotional, scientific, language, and literacy development with children who are learning more than one language.
Every year, NAEYC’s WOYC and NIEER’s State of Preschool Yearbook bring attention to early childhood education, celebrating what we do, and sharing research on how far we have to go. This year, both organizations included a focus on ECE professionals.
We are excited to introduce our new hot topics in the field discussions on HELLO, which will make “jumping in” and adding your input just a little bit easier.
The newest book in the Spotlight on Young Children series is influenced by NAEYC’s upcoming position statement on advancing equity in early childhood education.
Schools like Tiny Trees that offer place-based education rely on the surrounding landscape to teach life skills, such as staying warm and contributing to the community.
