August 2002 — Applications
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Online System Simplifies Early Childhood Assessment for Florida School District
One of the most appealing features of the assessment system is its ability to generate individual student and class reports. In particular, CreativeCurriculum.net reports patterns of child progress directly against the Head Start framework. The online assessment system allows data to map against other educational frameworks as well. CreativeCurriculum.net enables administrators to produce reports and program levels at the site, which eases their administrative workload. In addition, producing reports becomes an easy task because data is accessible from anywhere. Teachers simply complete their assessments online; from there, the various reports are automatically generated with the click of a mouse.
Conclusions
Broward County recently purchased more than 2,000 portfolios for the 2002-2003 academic year. Head Start classes will begin using the online version in August. The majority of classrooms have Internet connectivity, and administrators plan to have all classrooms wired as soon as possible. As additional computers are connected, more teachers will go online with CreativeCurriculum.net. Because ongoing computer training and professional development are built-in components of Broward County's management system, teachers are experienced computer and Internet users.
In addition, the Broward County's prekindergarten department wanted to help its teachers meet increasing reporting requirements by going online with CreativeCurriculum.net, which makes assessment, planning and teaching easier. Ultimately, the goal is to have teachers spend more time in the classroom. CreativeCurriculum.net reduces the administrative load to make that possible.
Marlyn Black
Teacher Specialist
Broward County School District, Fla.
Contact Information
SchoolSuccess
Boston, MA
(800) 874-0914
www.schoolsuccess.net
