Professional standards and guidance define best practices in assessing young children with disabilities. Examples include the Division for Early Childhood’s 11 recommended assessment practices for individuals working with young children with disabilities and their families and the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s developmentally appropriate practices for observing, documenting, and assessing children from birth through primary grades.
This infographic describes key features of authentic assessment, a best practice in EI and ECSE, including how information can be collected and why programs should use it.
Presented at the Bright Start International Conference in November 2024 by Kathy Hebbeler. This presentation explored how authentic assessment is being implemented virtually in early intervention and early childhood special education in the US. The presentation defined virtual…
This presentation from IDIO 2024 examined the why, when, what, and how of effective virtual assessment; reviewed best practices for and state experiences with virtual authentic assessment; and addressed existing myths. We presented the results of interviews with…
