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Understanding how assessments benefits the professional in the classroom and another child-
understood that I will be using assessments in the classroom with children on the regular basis.
So, this objective answer the question what could child-care professionals gain from
assessment?. This helps me better understand each child individually and also myself as a
professional. It helps me find better ways to support the children in the classroom and what
teaching strategies I could improve on. It is important for teachers to get to know their children,
learned a variety of assessment techniques. I learned to observe children using running records
and anecdotal notes, and how to interpret those observations to understand the childrens current
and emerging skills. I have learned how to develop and implement a checklist to observe skills of
children. I have learned how to develop learning opportunities for children to build on their
emerging skills with extensions and simplifications to support their skills. I have learned the
importance of formal assessments and how beneficial it could be to the child-care professional. I
also have learned to observe challenging behaviors of children using the Tally Event sampling
children in the classroom. I was able to write a follow-up recommendation to improve these
behaviors. As a teacher, it is my duty to make sure the children have the opportunity to perform
to the best of their ability with the appropriate tools, and guidance given to them. To get an
understanding of this I had to learn how to use the results given to me from assessment, and how
it helpful.
I have attached evidence, in which displays my level of understanding this objective. The first
attachment is Lab 1: Getting to know you. It shows my understanding of how to observe children
using running records and anecdotal notes, and how to interpret the results to understand
childrens current skills, emerging skills, and interest. I had the opportunity to get to know the
children in the classroom by using this assessment. I received a 6.5 out of 10 on this lab, which is
a 65%. The second attachment is in-class activity #4. This shows my knowledge on how
conducting formal assessments can be helpful to professionals and parents. I receive a 100% on
this in class activity, which shows I have increased and gained a higher level of understanding of
how professionals benefit from using assessments in the classroom. I learned that formal
assessment can give professionals insight of how a child is developing in comparison to other
children. It helps measure valid and accurate information, to determine what the professional