Learning Standards

You have been provided some basic information about learning standards and how they may affect early childhood education.

For this assignment you will choose one of the following statements:

The risks of establishing learning standards outweigh the benefits in early childhood education.
The benefits of establishing learning standards outweigh the risks in early childhood education.
Support your position with at least three points from your videos/readings or other resources.(include references)

Learning standards

 

Identify at least two learning standards to be addressed.
Identify at least 4 learning targets (Knowledge or Reasoning Targets, as explained in Chapter 3) to be assessed.
Restate the targets in developmentally appropriate terms for the age group you are working with.
Develop 3 – 6 selected-evaluation items for each learning target.
Create an assessment describing how will you continually evaluate students to understand progression toward mastery or near mastery based on the lesson plan and learning goals.
Create a rubric for assessment.
Discuss the method in which you will evaluate students as they (Where will they be? How will the data be collected? etc) and how you will keep ongoing records.
Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families
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