The competencies for preschool children through 12 th grade are available for Science and Social Studies. The competencies for Language Arts and Mathematics are in the final revisions to include pre-kindergarten. The Ohio Early Childhood Primary Connections Curriculum Guide has been revised to reflect these competencies. Curriculum provides the framework for instructional activities. Teachers must understand how young children think and learn and be grounded in teaching methods that are referred to as developmentally appropriate practice.
Developmental assessment involves the child being observed interacting in the natural environment.
Teachers can then make appropriate instructional decisions based on the skills each child exhibits. This instrument has the capacity to assess progress toward the competencies and can transmit and report results from programs in public school and non-school settings. It is able to track progress toward the 4 th grade reading guarantee. Galileo is being revised to incorporate the key experiences from the Ohio Early Childhood Primary Connections Curriculum Guide to provide all teachers with appropriate instructional strategies for each child based on the results of the teacher observations. Through the use of Galileo, which aligns curriculum, competencies, and assessment, teachers will have the tools necessary to increase the probability that all children will be successful.