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This paper describes the conceptualization, development, and implementation procedures for a performance-monitoring system designed to evaluate the progress of young children, with and without disabilities, in an inclusive early childhood education program. A total of 20 early childhood educators from one preschool participated in a 10-month, professional development program designed to advance their knowledge and understanding of performance assessment, and to enable them to develop their own performance-monitoring system entitled “Changing, Learning, and Growing” (CLG). This paper provides an overview and rationale for performance monitoring, and explains the five-step process through which participating teachers were guided in their development of CLG.
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Gettinger, M. Development and Implementation of a Performance-Monitoring System for Early Childhood Education. Early Childhood Education Journal 29, 9–15 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011300704990
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