How is assessment handled?
High/Scope® teachers use the Preschool Child Observation Record, Second Edition to evaluate children’s developmental progress. As the basis for COR assessment teaching teams take daily anecdotal notes on children’s developmentally significant behaviors during children’s normal activities in the program. Teachers discuss these notes during daily team planning sessions. Team members use their anecdotal notes as the basis for completing the COR assessment instrument at regular intervals. To assess children’s early literacy skills, High/Scope teachers can use the Early Literacy Skills Assessment (ELSA). To evaluate early childhood programs, High/Scope administrators use the Preschool Program Quality Assessment (PQA). To view a policy brief on preschool assessment by Ann S. Epstein, Lawrence J. Schweinhart, Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, and Kenneth Robin, click here.
