Ways of Assessing Children and Curriculum: Stories of Early Childhood Practice

by Millie C. Almy and Celia Genishi

Book Overview

This book is a response to the increasingly widespread practice of administering standardized tests to preschool and primary-grade children. Such tests are often misused and fail to measure many significant aspects of children's growth and learning. Here, Celia Genishi and her colleagues present teachers' alternative ways to meet the need for the assessment of young children. The stories in the central chapters provide a fascinating look at the ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807731854
• ISBN13: 9780807731857
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"