New Birth-Through-Kindergarten Assessment System to Focus on Key Predictors of School Success
Innovative Features of Teaching Strategies GOLD™ Assessment System Promote Ease of Use and Increased Accuracy.
Bethesda, MD, October 13, 2009 | Teaching Strategies announced today that it is field testing an innovative, seamless, birth-through-kindergarten early childhood assessment system designed to measure those aspects of child development and learning most predictive of later school success. The authentic, ongoing observation-based assessment system, Teaching Strategies GOLD™, assesses key elements that research indicates are most predictive of school success in the areas of social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development, as well as learning in literacy and mathematics.
The system also includes objectives to help teachers plan instruction in science and technology, social studies, and the arts. It is designed to assess all children accurately, including children with developmental delays and disabilities, children who are advanced learners, and children who are English-language learners. The assessment tool includes two objectives to assess English language acquisition, developed by Dr. Patton Tabors, a researcher, formerly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and an expert on English language acquisition of young children. Read more (PDF)