This revision is one of the most accessible practical texts available onassessing young children from infancy through age 8. The book focuses on formaland infor... » 

This revision is one of the most accessible practical texts available onassessing young children from infancy through age 8. The book focuses on formaland informal assessment content strategies and examples observationguidelines and strategies how to use assessments for curriculum planning andfor communicating with families and the spectrum of current assessment issues.Key changes to this edition include more on infant and toddler observationscreening and standardized testing the impact of NCLB and Head Start NationalReporting System on assessing children more minicase studies illustratingreal assessment situations in programs and schools today expanded informationon working with children who are bilingual or limited English speakers andexpanded information on parent partnerships in Chapter 10. For primary schoolteachers involved in preparing for administering interpreting and movingforward with the results of standardized testing. «