Assessment

As cited in your text, the joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education suggests that assessment should be "connected to specific, beneficial purposes: (1) making sound decisions about teaching and learning, (2) identifying significant concerns that may require focused intervention for individual children, and (3) helping programs improve their educational and developmental interventions".

Using your text and one additional resource identify one form of standardized and one form of authentic assessment and evaluate each using the given three criteria. Based on your findings, make a recommendation regarding the appropriateness of your chosen assessments in the early childhood classroom.