All of the following are program outcomes that are measured during evaluation except:
a. Children's cognitive development
b. Children's experiences while in care
c. The program's impact on parents' knowledge of child development
d. Children's emotional development
Question 2...Which type of assessment of child outcomes is recognized as the most appropriate way to evaluate what children have learned and how they are developing?
a. Formal
b. Informal
c. Norm-referenced
d. Criterion-referenced
Question 3...Summative evaluation is used to:
a. Identify the effectiveness of the summer program.
b. Generate new ways of operating the program based on observations.
c. Determine the on-going effectiveness of the program.
d. Provide information to program funders and families about the effectiveness of the overall program.
Question 4...Developmental screenings are used to:
a. Identify children who may be high ability.
b. Assess the progress of a program's development in reaching its goals.
c. Evaluate a child's mastery of the standards.
d. Identify children who may have developmental delays.
Question 5...High quality early childhood programs have all of the following in common except:
a. Large playgrounds.
b. Adherence to appropriate licensing regulations
c. Carefully planned curriculum.
d. Planned evaluation of program.
Question 6...When creating a mission statement, the writers should:
a. Make sure it is detailed and extensive
b. Use terms that are common among early childhood professionals
c. Aim for two to three sentences
d. Aim for a minimum of five sentences