Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment and Program Evaluation: Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for Children Birth through Age 8

High-quality early education produces long-lasting benefits. With this evidence, federal, state, and local decision makers are asking critical questions about young children's education. What should children be taught in the years from birth through age eight? How would we know if they are developing well and learning what we want them to learn? And how could we decide whether programs for children from infancy through the primary grades are doing a good job?

Answers to these questions -- questions about early childhood curriculum, child assessment, and program evaluation -- are the foundation of a newly approved joint position statement from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE).

The complete position statement is available to read or download in .pdf format at http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/pscape.pdf.

A two-page introduction, Where We Stand on Curriculum, Assessment and Program Evaluation, is available at http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/standlcurrass.pdf.

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