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Assessment and Evaluation: Project Assessment and
Evaluation - The Communication Skills project is being evaluated by a team led by
Mansfield University Professors John Mansfield, and Nancy Sidell. All Head Start programs in this study use
“The Creative Curriculum,” published by Teaching Strategies, Inc. as the basis
of their classroom philosophy and activities. An
assessment tool from the same source, “The Creative Curriculum Developmental
Continuum,” assesses children three times during each school year. The social/emotional data set and several
language data sets from the assessments will be used to indicate a child’s ability to
express feelings, emotions, problem solving skills, ideas, etc. Assessment of student
communication skills from Year One and Year Two (2004-5 and 2005-6) will be compared to
baseline assessments of 2003-4, prior to the project’s initiation. A comparison of Year One to the baseline data has
been completed and an article for professional education journals is being prepared. In addition to data from the Developmental
Continuum assessment, the evaluation team will examine video and audio recording of
music/rhythmical activities, pretend play, storytelling, and a sampling of student visual
artwork. A comparison of results from the
previous year (2003-4), and the October and April results of the project years (2004-5
& 2005-6) will be made. |
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