Family partnership in early childhood assessment

Abstract

Assessment is a process of arranging and evaluating information, which is gathered from different kinds of evidence about young children. The general purpose of assessment is evaluating infants and children to determine whether the development of the child is normal or needs assistance. Assessment is a comprehensive process of setting high expectations for student learning and provides discussion and feedback to improve student learning. Assessment of early childhood years needs more parents and family partnerships. In other words, family could be considered as one of the most important assessment supporters for educators. The purpose of this paper is to examine family-school partnerships in terms of assessment and evaluation.