Assessment for Individualization
Use this vignette to reflect on and meet the standards around child screening and assessment for individualization.
Child Screening and Assessment
Screening and assessment provide valuable information about each child's interests, strengths, and needs. Screening gives a snapshot of whether the child's development is on track. Assessment is an ongoing process that includes observation and provides information about development over time. Systematic, ongoing child assessment provides information on children's development and learning. It helps inform curriculum planning, teaching, and individualizing for each child across all Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains.
Learning Community Around Data
Read how Head Start teachers in Minnesota created a statewide learning community that has not only studied the value of authentic assessment but has also built a state Head Start database that combines assessment, demographic, and classroom information.
1302.33 Child screenings and assessments.
Working with each child’s parent, programs must complete or obtain a current developmental screening to identify concerns regarding a child’s behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills.