Assessing Young Children’s Development and Learning: Birth to Age Eight - Softcover

Ray, Julie A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1071914286 ISBN 13: 9781071914281

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2026

Synopsis

Assessing Young Children′s Development and Learning helps early childhood educators understand both the need for assessment as well as the process of assessment for infants, toddlers, and children up to age eight. Through engaging vignettes, case studies, and exercises, this comprehensive text supports students in confidently applying assessment skills across wide-ranging early childhood educational settings.

About this title

About the Author

Julie A. Ray (Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia) is a professor emeritus of Early Childhood Education at Southeast Missouri State University. With 42 years’ experience in teaching both young children and undergraduate / graduate early childhood assessment courses, she has seen major changes in the best practices of assessing children’s development and learning. As a supervisor of clinical field experiences in the preschool and primary grades, she also observed many real life examples of the complexities in early childhood assessment. Ray is a longtime member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and served as a higher education peer reviewer and auditor for programs seeking NAEYC accreditation.   This is her second early childhood textbook, as she is the co-author of Home, School, and Community Collaboration with Kathy Grant, now in its 5th edition.  These experiences and education have shaped and informed this textbook to be a comprehensive, yet practical guide to the subject of assessment of young children.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1071914286
• ISBN 13: 9781071914281
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392