Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.

Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. Early Childhood Assessment affirms that assessments can make crucial contributions to the improvement of children's well-being, but only if they are well designed, implemented effectively, developed in the context of systematic planning and are interpreted and used appropriately.

This book identifies the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.