CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTSPerformance-Based Strategies

PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT

Performance Assessment(Authentic Performance Assessment)

-require more in that they measure what the child can do or apply, in addition to what the child knows.

STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE-BASED

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Purposes for Performance-Based

Assessment

1. Importance of measuring young children appropriately has been ongoing theme in this text.

2. Performance Assessment are integrally related to instruction.

3. Performance Assessment are used to evaluate whether preschool programs are meeting the needs of the young children.

Types of Performance-Based

Assessment

1. Interviews •Unstructed•Structured•Diagnostic

2. Contracts•Plan •Record Child Progress (accomplishments of skills)

3. Directed Assignments4. Games5. Work Samples6. Projects7. Portfolios

Understanding the Interrelated Nature

of Performance Assessments

The Role of the Teacher

The Teacher’s Role and Responsibilities:1. To integrate instruction and assessment fully in

planning and carrying out the program2. To use knowledge of young children to choose or

design assessment processes3. To analyze the results to find their meaning for the

program and the children 4. To apply what has been learned to planning next

steps and improving the program5. To communicate with parents and involve them in

an exchange of information about their child’s learning and development.

Early Childhood Educators must be aware of the following:

•Address yourself to the personal and unique attributes of the children in your care

•Learn to listen, diagnose, examine, hypothesize, intervene, evaluate, and then reflect and redesign

•Try to create a relationship of trust with children

Classification and Organization of

Performance Assessments

Can be categorized as:•Unstructured Performance Assessments

-Part of regular classroom learning activities•Structured Performance Assessments

-Critical thinking•Direct Performance Measures

-Use knowledge•Indirect Performance Measures

•The Role of Observation•The Role of Documentation•The Role of Rubrics

The Role of Observation

Following components be determined prior to conducting the observation:•Purpose•Focus•Record/Documentation•Use of the Observation

The Role of Documentation

The Role of Rubrics

Advantages and Disadvantages of Using

Performance-Based Assessments

Advantages

1. Conducted in the context of what children are experiencing, rather than in isolation from classroom curriculum

2. Take advantage of the premise that children conduct their own understanding

3. Provide a variety of means hereby the child can demonstrate what he or she understand.

4. It is continues or ongoing

5. Provide meaningful information for parents to understand their child’s process and accomplishments

Disadvantages

1 . Time consuming

2. Authentic Assessment can be more complex than more traditional types of assessments

3. More traditional forms of assessment have the goal of evaluating the child’s achievements

4. There are also concerns about the validity and relativity of performance assessments

5. Parental involvement and education are a requirement when implementing performance-based evaluation

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