Accountability: Alignment and Assessment of Birth through Five Early Learning Standards

Accountability: Alignment and Assessment of Birth through Five Early Learning Standards Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood 2008 National OSEP Early Childhood Conference

Early Learning Standard’s:Revolving Triangle Curriculum Assessment Standards

PA Learning Standards for Early Childhood Include . . . • Program Partnerships • Approaches to Learning • Description of Key Learning Area

PA Learning Standards for Early Childhood Include . . . • Supportive practices • Learner • Practitioner • Posters • Training videos www.pde.state.pa.us/early childhood

PA Learning Standards for Early Childhood Include . . . • Support for families • Recognize uniqueness and cultural relevance • Support for diverse learners • Individualized for all learners

Alignment: Horizontally • Preamble and Guiding Principles • Expectations of learning and development • Key Learning Areas are color coded throughout the continuum

Alignment: Horizontally • Numbering remains the same along the continuum • Icons remain the same throughout the continuum

Alignment: Vertically • Infants-Toddlers • Pre-Kindergarten • Kindergarten • First Grade • Second Grade

Assessment • Childhood Assessment, Birth Through Age 8 (PA’s report) • Provides overview and recommendations for authentic assessment • Publisher designed alignments of assessment materials

Assessment • Crosswalk • Alignment of PA Learning Standards with national and state standards • Each Key Area cross walked with: • NAEYC Standards • Head Start Performance Standards and Outcomes • National Math and Reading Standards • ECERS • PA’s Core Body of Knowledge • Family Literacy Standards

Accountability • PA has chosen an assessment tool that has been aligned with our state standards to report child outcomes • Ounce/WSS

Uses for Standards • Guide decisions for curricula and assessment • Guides appropriate expectations • Supports partnerships • Provides a common framework

Pennsylvania Standards for Early Childhood Provide… • A marker of high quality program implementation • Consistency of information across program settings • A resource for developmentally appropriate expectations for all children

Pennsylvania Standards for Early Childhood Provide… • A framework for intentionality of lesson planning • A common ground to measure outcomes • Validation and professionalism of early childhood • Support for teachers’ and parents’ understanding

Early Intervention Technical Assistance Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network Edward G. Rendell, Governor Gerald L. Zahorchak, D.Ed. Estelle Richman Education Secretary Public Welfare Secretary Harriet Dichter, Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning Maureen Cronin, Director Bureau of Early Intervention Services

Accountability: Alignment and Assessment of Birth through Five Early Learning Standards