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Disadvantages of assessment checklists

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Can you explain some of the disadvantages of using assessment checklists in Early childhood classrooms?

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The solution provides a discussion of disadvantages (and advantages) of using assessment checklists in the classroom to track student mastery of content and concepts.

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An Assessment checklist is a list of competencies for the child to master, and the teacher checks off on the list what criteria, or competencies, or standards, whichever term you are using, that the child has mastered.

I find an assessment checklist helpful to keep track of what lessons I want to cover in the classroom, and what I need to cover- as a LESSON PLANNING TOOL. I dislike using them as a report card for the child. If a teacher had only a few children in the classroom, that would be different, but with 15 to 30 children, keeping track on these lists which child has mastered what ...

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