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31.7: Concerns with Assessment

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    • Amanda Taintor
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    Informed assessment systems contribute to the overall quality of an infant and toddler program by providing teachers and families with valuable information about what children know and can do. However, when assessment systems do not consider developmental appropriateness or are not sensitive to the diverse learning needs of individuals or groups of children, there is a risk of making children uncomfortable or generating insufficient, inaccurate information. One of the most critical assumptions underlying the effective assessment of young children is that their development is continuing and complex.[1]

    [1] California Department of Education, 2019 Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines, Second Edition by the California Department of Education is used with permission

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