Navigating Virtual Delivery of Assessments for Head Start Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, Leiah J. G.; Lee, Monica G.; Todd, Cate Smith; Lynch, Kathleen; Loeb, Susanna; McConnell, Scott; Carlis, Lydia
Titel	Navigating Virtual Delivery of Assessments for Head Start Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Intervention, 44 (2022) 2, S.151-167 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Monica G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8151
DOI	10.1177/10538151221085942
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; Disadvantaged Youth; COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Computer Assisted Testing; Feedback (Response); At Risk Students; Emergent Literacy; Numeracy; Executive Function; Nevada; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Frühleseunterricht; Rechenkompetenz
Abstract	Many preschool agencies nationwide continue to experience closures and/or conversions to virtual or hybrid instruction due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the importance of understanding young children's learning and development during the COVID emergency, limited knowledge exists on adaptable practices for assessing young children during the pandemic. We assess the learning of 336 Head Start children across four states and three different time periods during the 2020 to 2021 school year, using adaptations of traditionally in-person assessments of early numeracy, early literacy, and executive functioning. In doing so, we distill early lessons for the field from the application of a novel, virtual assessment method with the early childhood population. This article describes the adaptations of assessment administration for virtual implementation and incorporation of feedback into continued virtual delivery of assessments. Applications and limitations in broader contexts are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01