Early Learning Standards: Changing the Parlance and Practice of Early Childhood Education?

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 388-396

  Kagan, Sharon L ^a,b   Scott Little, Catherine ^c,d  

^a Early Childhood and Family Policy   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d SERVE

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EID: 0347931822     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170408500512     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Sharon L. Kagan, Evelyn Moore, and Sue Bredekamp, Reconsidering Children's Early Development and Learning: Toward Common Views and Vocabulary (Washington, D.C.: National Education Goals Panel, Goal 1 Technical Planning Group, 1995); and Lorrie Shepard, Sharon L. Kagan, and Emily Wurtz, Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments (Washington, D.C.: National Education Goals Panel, 1998).
2. Sharon L. Kagan, Evelyn Moore, and Sue Bredekamp, Reconsidering Children's Early Development and Learning: Toward Common Views and Vocabulary (Washington, D.C.: National Education Goals Panel, Goal 1 Technical Planning Group, 1995); and Lorrie Shepard, Sharon L. Kagan, and Emily Wurtz, Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments (Washington, D.C.: National Education Goals Panel, 1998).
3. Samuel J. Meisels, "High-Stakes Testing in Kindergarten," Educational Leadership, April 1989, pp. 16-22; Lorrie A. Shepard, "The Challenges of Assessing Young Children Appropriately," Phi Delta Kappan, November 1994, pp. 206-13; and idem, "Children Not Ready to Learn? The Invalidity of School Readiness Testing," Psychology in the School, vol. 34, 1997, pp. 85-97.
4. Samuel J. Meisels, "High-Stakes Testing in Kindergarten," Educational Leadership, April 1989, pp. 16-22; Lorrie A. Shepard, "The Challenges of Assessing Young Children Appropriately," Phi Delta Kappan, November 1994, pp. 206-13; and idem, "Children Not Ready to Learn? The Invalidity of School Readiness Testing," Psychology in the School, vol. 34, 1997, pp. 85-97.
5. Samuel J. Meisels, "High-Stakes Testing in Kindergarten," Educational Leadership, April 1989, pp. 16-22; Lorrie A. Shepard, "The Challenges of Assessing Young Children Appropriately," Phi Delta Kappan, November 1994, pp. 206-13; and idem, "Children Not Ready to Learn? The Invalidity of School Readiness Testing," Psychology in the School, vol. 34, 1997, pp. 85-97.
6. National Association for the Education of Young Children, "NAEYC Position Statement on Standardized Testing of Young Children 3 Through 8 Years of Age," Young Children, vol. 43, no. 3, 1988, pp. 42-47; and National Association for the Education of Young Children and National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in the State Departments of Education, "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment in Programs Serving Children Ages 3 Through 8," Young Children, vol. 46, no. 1, 1991, pp. 21-38.
7. National Association for the Education of Young Children, "NAEYC Position Statement on Standardized Testing of Young Children 3 Through 8 Years of Age," Young Children, vol. 43, no. 3, 1988, pp. 42-47; and National Association for the Education of Young Children and National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in the State Departments of Education, "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment in Programs Serving Children Ages 3 Through 8," Young Children, vol. 46, no. 1, 1991, pp. 21-38.
8. Catherine Scott-Little, Sharon L. Kagan, and Victoria S. Frelow, Standards for Preschool Children's Learning and Development: Who Has the Standards, How Were They Developed, and How Were They Used? (Greensboro, N.C.: Regional Educational Laboratory at SERVE, 2003).
9. National Association for the Education of Young Children and National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in the State Departments of Education, "Early Learning Standards: Creating the Conditions for Success," 2002, available at http://naecs.crc.uiuc.edu; click on position papers.
10. Kagan, Moore, and Bredekamp, op. cit.
11. Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips, eds., From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000), p. 180.