Early Childhood Education Assessment Consortium

Next ECEA Meeting: June 11-13, 2008 in New Orleans, LA Early Childhood Education Assessment Consortium The Early Childhood Education Assessment (ECEA) Consortium provides guidance to decision makers on appropriate early childhood assessment systems that ensure high-quality learning opportunities for young children from birth through age 8 years. This project provides useful information and resources that are appropriate for all children, including those from various cultural and economic backgrounds, children who are learning English, and children with disabilities. Additionally, ECEA also communicates information about children’s growth and development in multiple domains to educators, caregivers, policymakers, parents, and the general public. ECEA members include state assessment and early childhood staff, representatives from key early childhood education organizations such as the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDEs), the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), the South Eastern Regional Education Laboratory (SERVE), and expert consultants from the field.  ______________________________ Below are resources developed by or for the Early Childhood Standards and Assessment Collaborative focused on early learning standards, child assessment and early chiildhood program monitoring and evaluation. ASSESSMENT– Key considerations about building an assessment system to support early learning. STANDARDS – Key considerations about the relationship between early learning standards, program standards, program quality measures and accountability-and a table with web links to state early learning and program standards that are online. EARLY CHILDHOOD GLOSSARY TERMS– links to more than thirty definitions, including related terms, explanatory comments, and additional resources for each term. ECEA SCASS WEBINARS -- listen to, view and download presentations on the following topics: Building Capacity for Evaluating Partnerships – A Discussion Guide for State Agencies and Collaborations Reviewing Methods and Instruments in State and Local School Readiness Evaluations Systems Evaluation for Programs Serving Young Children   Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers  Results Based Accountability with Mark Friedman Making the Most of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Early Education Data Systems Improvement A Tour of NCCP’s Child Care and Early Education RESEARCH CONNECTIONS Web Portal For more information on: 2008 ECEA-SCASS CALENDER OF EVENTS 2007-2008 ECEA-SCASS MEMBERS Joining the ECEA-SCASS SCASS ECEA Roster Project Staff Jana Martella, Project Coordinator, 202-244-3943, janam@consultant. ccsso.org

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document last updated 4/22/2008