Major Purposes of Assessment

Hills (1992) describes the major purposes of assessment in programs for young children:

• "Instructional planning and communicating with parents

• What are this child's strengths, needs, and learning processes?

• How is this child doing?

• How will this child's instruction and guidance be planned?

• What and how can the teacher best communicate with the parents about the status and progress of their child?

• Identification of children with special needs . . .

• Can this child's needs be met in this program?

• If not, how does this program need to be supplemented, or what program is required?

• Program evaluation and accountability

• Is this program, as now implemented, meeting its goals and objectives?" (p. 45)

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