Early Childhood Education Standards and Assessment
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Definition
Statements that provide a clear description of what a child should know and be able to do in a content area at a particular level.
Academic standards; Academic content standards; Benchmarks; Curriculum standards; Early learning standards; Expectations; Goals; Indicators; Learning results; Performance standards; Program standards; Standards; Standards-based assessment; Student academic achievement standards
- Content standards organize the learning expectations into a manageable number of general statements for a particular age level.
- Content standards are intended to inform teachers, schools, parents and the community what children are expected to learn and what teachers are expected to teach.
- Curriculum standards are distinguished from content standards. Curriculum standards are statements of what a school is expected to teach, rather than what a student is expected to learn.
- The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 uses the term "academic content standards" to mean content standards.
Administration for Children and Families. The National Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Resource Center (2000). Head Start child outcomes framework. Retrieved May 19, 2003, from http://www.hsnrc.org/hsnrc/CDI/pdfs/UGCOF.pdf
Collaborative Communications Group. Public Engagement. Standards glossary. http://www.publicengagement.com/tools/standards/
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Department of Defense Education Activity. DODEA glossary of terms. Retrieved May 19, 2003, from http://www.odedodea.edu/instruction/curriculum/glossary.htm
National Association for the Education of Young Children & National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. (2002). Early learning standards: Creating the conditions for success. Retrieved May 19, 2003, from http://www.naeyc.org/resources/position_statements/earlylearn.pdf
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). Assessment glossary. Author. Retrieved May 19, 2003, from http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/pages/glossary.htm
Marzano, R.J., & Kendall, J.S. (1996). A comprehensive guide to designing standards-based districts, schools, and classrooms. Aurora, CO, Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory.