Baseline Assessment: Practice, Problems and Possibilities

ISBN-13: 9781853465147 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 157 str.

Geoff Lindsay; Martin Desforges; Martin Desforges

Opis

All schools are required, at present, to choose and implement an accredited scheme for Baseline Assessment, a legal requirement for all children as they enter schooling from five years of age. This book examines the purposes of Baseline Assessment and provides practical guidance on the approaches available and the nature of recommended schemes. It should be of interest to early years and primary teachers, students and lecturers as well as educational psychologists, administrators and inspectors with responsibility for early years and primary National Curriculum assessment.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Baseline assessment: political background to educational change; Chapter 2 Child development; Chapter 3 Screening for children with special educational needs; Chapter 4 Value-added; Chapter 5 Technical quality of baseline assessment; Chapter 6 Development of the Infant Index and Baseline-plus; Chapter 7 Early identification and the Code of Practice; Chapter 8 Interventions; Chapter 9 Looking to the future;

O autorze

Geoff Lindsay, Martin Desforges