| Title: |
The Bridge: An Authentic Literacy Assessment Strategy for Individualizing and Informing Practice with Young Children with Disabilities |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Pierce, Patsy L.; Summer, Gail; O'deKirk, Mark |
| Source: |
Young Exceptional Children. 2009 12(3):2-14. |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Physical Description: |
PDF |
| Page Count: |
13 |
| Publication Date: |
2009 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: |
Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: |
Performance Based Assessment; Rating Scales; Observation; Emergent Literacy; Young Children; Disabilities; Child Development; Language Acquisition |
| DOI: |
10.1177/1096250609332304 |
| ISSN: |
1096-2506 |
| Abstract: |
Early literacy development, assessment, and teaching have been significant foci of research and practice in the 21st, century. Multiple new early literacy curricula and assessments for preschoolers have been created since 2001. Tracking the emergent literacy growth of developmentally young children is essential to planning appropriate programs that challenge children and move them ever forward in their literacy and language development. In this article, the authors discuss the development and use of a framework to guide assessment, planning, and conferencing with families in regard to a child's literacy development, The Bridge: A Portfolio Rating Scale of Preschool Literacy Development (Pierce, Summer, & O'deKirk, 2005). This tool was created specifically to inform literacy-related classroom- and home-based practices with children with and without disabilities functioning in the birth-to-5 developmental range. The Bridge is an observation-based assessment tool that can be used to determine ongoing progress and children's interests as well as to inform daily practice related to early language and literacy development. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) |
| Abstractor: |
ERIC |
| Number of References: |
12 |
| Entry Date: |
2009 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ843561 |
| Database: |
ERIC |