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An engaging examination of current issues and practices involved in assessing young children A highly readable integration of the latest assessment practices and policies, this text includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English language learners—topics that are insufficiently addressed in other assessment texts. Focusing on practical applications of key concepts, Multifaceted Assessment for Early Childhood Education provides a knowledge base of what every early childhood teacher should know about assessing young children. Key Features Comprehensive coverage examines the full range of assessments, including formative, summative, authentic, and standardized. Cases in Point provide practical implications and examples from real life. Objectives for Learning alert students as to central concepts and provide guidance for reading and studying. Discussion Questions encourage analysis and class discussions, promoting higher order thinking on the topics. Ancillaries Password-protected instructor resources, available at www.sagepub.com/wrightinstr, feature PowerPoint slides, a test bank, Internet resources, and additional activities.
Family Involvement and Engagement
Family Involvement and Engagement
… if public education does not take into consideration the circumstances of family life, and everything else that bears on a man's general education, it can only lead to an artificial and methodical dwarfing of humanity.
Introduction and Themes
Between 80% and 90% of a primary grade child's life is spent at home with his/her parents. Regular constructive contact between parents and a child's teachers is correlated with superior standardized test scores. Not all parents have the time flexibility to be engaged in their child's education. Family and work obligations can make it difficult for many parents to attend parent-teacher conferences.
In addition to parental engagement, other family-oriented factors in achievement test scores are the education of the parents, the ...
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