ASSESSMENT IN EARLY YEARS: THE ROLE OF FAMILIES
Keywords:
Family, Practitioners, Early years, Assessment, EvaluationAbstract
Assessment in early childhood education is a paramount discourse in education because there is need to make well informed decisions on the younger ones so as to monitor their learning, growth and development. However, in achieving this, family plays key roles especially, in terms of provision of information on the child’s personality. Information gathered from the family is critical for identifying the child’s strengths and needs which help in making informed decisions about the goals of the early childhood education. This paper therefore, explores roles of the family in the assessment of the recipients of early childhood education. Bringing into fore, the concept of assessment, importance of assessment, different methods of assessing children, roles of family in assessment in early childhood education. The paper concludes by highlighting the needs to involve and engage families in the assessment of early years.
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