This week I have been doing children assessments in the classroom.
We are required to do assessments because the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten is a federally funded programs. The program is free to the parents and paid for by the federal goverment. Florida is one of the first states to have the 540 hour program offered to the parents for their 4 and 5 year old children. The children need to be 4 years old before September1 st.
You would not believe how many times you think a child is understanding what is being taught and when you do the assessment you find out they don't understand it. Or the child who looks at you while you are teaching and look at you like a deer caught in the headlights and you do the assessment and you find out they understand it. You can't go by which children are learning what is being taught by how the look or act while being taught.
The scores on the assessments are entered in the VPK website for each child. Each childs parents get a copy of the their childs scores. The preschool director also sees the scores. And I see the scores of course since I give the assessments.
