For the NCATE program report, do we need to disaggregate data according to candidate competence with different age groups?
No, programs do not need to disaggregate data according to knowledge and skills related to subperiods of development, such as infants, toddlers, pre-K, kindergarten, and primary. It is sufficient to discuss and document candidates’ opportunities to learn about various phases of child development in report narratives, such as the Sections I, IV, and V narratives. For example, narratives for a program with a K – 3 certification could explain that its child development courses and observation assignments include infants and toddlers, or how attention was given to adapting curriculum and teaching strategies for infants and toddlers. It is important that programs demonstrate through the narratives in the report that they are truly early childhood programs, in the fullest sense of the term, rather than a K – 3 program.
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