Early Childhood Education and Care

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Early Childhood Assessment Method Tools
Checklists
Checklist is one of the tools of assessment which is used by both the teachers and the
students for creating a unique criteria (Brambring, Lösel & Skowronek, 2015). This unique
criteria is used to for developing both the skills and the progress. It is usually seen to have
offered a format based on yes or no with respect to the relationship with demonstration of the
student falling in any specific criteria. It is quite similar to any switch which can be turned on
or off. This method of child assessment can be utilised for recording observations of any
particular individual. Checklists can also be utilised for keeping records of all kinds of
observations of any particular or specific group or a class as a whole. They are used by
students ranging from kinder gardens to that of the 12th grade and for almost all subjects. The
main purposes of using checklists include providing tools for systematic observation
recording and self-analysis. It is responsible for documenting strategy, behaviour and skill
development which enables effective and enhanced learning and for the identification of the
basic needs of learning for the students which is probably done by making summary of the
learning up to date. Checklists also provide several examples of benchmarks for the students
at the starting of any project or other activities of learning. Hence this is actually a formal
method of assessment which is used frequently for gaining information from a number of
sources regarding the development of young children. It also shows its concern about the
learnings and the surrounding environments of young children for taking vital decisions
related to the improvement or the development of teaching and knowledge program. It is also
responsible for getting access to a skill and checks whether it is present or not and this is
actually formulated by the typical yes or no questions which is already mentioned above.
Therefore basically checklist is a formative tool of child assessment method used for

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monitoring the behaviour of student and progress him towards achieving his targeted goal or
aim.
Anecdotal Report
An anecdotal report is a kind of narrative and reported summary of an incident which
is observed directly. This narrative summary is short and concise and helps in providing
significance of development based on the incident observed (Selley, 2013). The main purpose
of this childhood assessment tool is to collect meaningful data and information about children
for making decisions which are mainly informed for providing benefit to their education and
also the development. It is considered to be one of the most valuable tool for getting access to
the development of the young children. Anecdotal reports are considered to be arrays of data
and information based on development about each individual student which can be utilised in
a number of ways. They are actually used for keeping a record of observations specifically of
any behaviour of student or his attitude or skills by relating them with the outcomes or the
results of their studies. It is responsible for providing information about the development of
student over a certain period of time, providing records about the instructional needs of any
individual and keeping observations of behaviours which are significant which might get lost.
It also provides ongoing learning documentation which might be shared with parents,
students as well the teachers. The notes of anecdotal reports are responsible for displaying
information which are cumulative based on the education and direction for further
information of the student. These reports are generally written as an outcome of the
observations which are ongoing during the learning session. It can also be written depending
upon the product or the performance of the student which he or she has completed. They are
mainly short and well-focussed on outcomes which are generally specific. These notes can be