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Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs and Practices about Assessment

Standardized tests are being administered to young children in greater numbers in recent years than ever before. Many more important educational decisions about children are being based on the results of these tests. This practice continues to escalate despite early childhood professional organizations' calls for a ban of standardized testing for children eight years of age and younger. Many early childhood educators have become dissatisfied with multiple-choice testing as a measure of student learning and are increasingly using various forms of alternative assessment to replace the more traditional testing formats. Teachers seem to be caught in the middle of the controversy between standardized testing and alternative assessment. This research examined what early childhood educators in one north Texas school district believe about assessment of young children and what assessment methods they report using in their classrooms, as well as factors which influence those beliefs and practices. The sample for this study was 84 teachers who taught prekindergarten through third grade. An eight-page questionnaire provided quantitative data and interviews and the researcher's journal provided qualitative data.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc277624
Date05 1900
CreatorsDiffily, Deborah
ContributorsFleege, Pam, Craig, Margaret T., Lazarus, Peggy, Frerichs, Dean K., Newton, Connie L., 1948-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 173 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Diffily, Deborah

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