The chapter reading this week has focused on using authentic assessment vs. standardized testing. As professionals in the field of early care and education, we have developed positions around what is and what is not appropriate assessment of young children.

1. After you have read the chapter, choose two position statements from the links below. Read them carefully, and then compose a post that compares the two statements.
2. Compare what you found with what we learned in the text.
3. Explain how you see those positions reflected in the text and in the DRDP system. 

Read two or more position statements on publications on assessment from the organizations' websites: 

• Alliance for Childhood  (search for "high-stakes testing") 
• National Academies  (search for early childhood assessment)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children  (search for position statement on curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation)
• National Center for Fair and Open Testing  (search for achievement tests for young children) 

Cite your sources!!