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Assessment in Early Childhood Education

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Why is childhood assessment important? Should it be a high priority in early childhood education and what constitutes assessment?

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Discusses the importance of childhood assessments.

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Assessment is extremely important to all levels of learning, but particularly for early childhood. Assessment equates to finding out if students are learning through testing or written work/assignments to see if students are performing at the level they should be. Early childhood assessment is extremely important because it provides ...

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