Below you will find several resources developed by or for the Early Childhood Standards and Assessment Collaborative that will be useful in considering issues of early learning standards, assessment and program 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