Assessments & Evaluations

This strategy guide for early childhood professionals includes hundreds of research-based strategies and tips to strengthen young children's initiative, self-regulation, and attachment/relationships. The strategies incorporate developmentally appropriate teaching practices in five areas related to social and emotional health: Daily Routines; Environment; Caring Connections; Activities and Experiences; Partnerships between Teachers and Families. It takes readers through a simple five-step approach that uses assessment results from the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers, Second Edition (DECA-P2) to inform teaching practices that will strengthen children's resilience. Whether used as part of the comprehensive DECA Preschool Program or as a stand-alone guide, this strategy guide is an excellent resource for early educators. Copyright 2012.

Give your child-care program a strong social-emotional foundation with the Complete TPITOS™ (Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale). This scale helps caregivers of children from birth to 3 years old evaluate the social-emotional quality of their programs by measuring how well they cultivate nurturing relationships and bolster solid social-emotional development. Caregivers and centers that use this scale will empower themselves to provide the best possible care because they will know what they're doing right and what they can do better.

The CLASS 2nd Edition: Pre-K - 3rd Reference Manual contains the research and theory behind the CLASS tool, and provides additional insight and guidance in using CLASS within a CQI process and system.

Pack of 20 LAP™-D Bilingual Scoring booklets.

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, ECERS-3™ focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and health and safety. ECERS-3™ also includes Items assessing developmentally appropriate literacy and math activities. Spiral bound. 104 pages.

This widely used program quality assessment instrument is designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 2.5 through 5 years of age. It can be used by program directors for supervision and program improvement, by teaching staff for self-assessment, by agency staff for monitoring, and in teacher training programs. The established reliability and validity of the ECERS-R™ make it particularly useful for research and program evaluation.

Coaching with ECERS presents best practices for coaches to use in their work with teachers and administrators to help them improve classrooms and teaching practices. The author includes guidance and activities for facilitating group meetings, professional learning communities, and staff workshops. Appropriate for use with ECERS-R™ and ECERS-3™. Paperback. 120 pages.

10 pack of blank square paper pads.