The authentic assessment workbook.
Contributors: Magna Systems.
Publisher: Magna Systems
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Barrington, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Education, Preschool -- United States -- Evaluation.; Education, Primary -- United States -- Evaluation.; Educational tests and measurements -- United States.; Teaching -- United States.
Description: "Early Childhood Programs throughout the country are becoming increasingly accountable for the progress that children are making in their care. This video series explores the value of authentic assessment in documenting young children's progress, observational methods used to assess young children, systems used to organize the data and different formal assessment instruments or checklists used to collate the data. Teachers demonstrate how they communicate with parents to inform them of their child's development. Finally, directors and education coordinators share how they provide on-going tracing for their staff and the training issues that they have encountered along the way."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Cover title.

Accompanies the video modules of the Authentic assessment & documentation series.  Each topic integrates with the contents of the video of the same title.

Each section contains an overview, questions to consider, vocabulary, instructional objectives, a self-test, and samples.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Module 1.; title: Authentic assessment: setting the stage -- -- Module 2.; title: Observing young children I: the eyes have it -- -- Module 3.; title: Observing young children II: making the connection -- -- Module 4.; title: Parents: our most important resource -- -- Module 5.; title: Training and support are key.