Outcomes
Express, designed for Pre-K, Kindergarten, state-funded preschool,
Head Start Programs, and some Special Education and English as a
Second Language students, is a tool for teachers and program
administrators to simplify the evaluation process and to help tie
assessment with curriculum planning.
Outcomes Express
is a series of computer-based activities and teacher input used to
evaluate a child's development, knowledge and progress in the
following:
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Alphabet Letters
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Patterns
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Language and Literacy
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Letter Sounds
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Rhyming Words
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Shapes and Colors
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Environmental Sounds
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Number Concepts
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Spatial Relations
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Numeral Recognition
Outcomes Express incorporates
eight domains of child development that are important for
academic success in school. These include:
Language development-- listening and understanding;
speaking and communicating
Literacy-- phonological awareness, book knowledge and
appreciation of print, print awareness and concepts, early
writing and alphabet knowledge
Mathematics--number and operations; geometry, patterns
and spatial relations; data collection and measurement
Science--application of skills and methods of inquiry
in developing knowledge and understanding natural process
Creative arts--music, art, movement and dramatic play
Social and emotional development--self concept, self
control, cooperation, social relationships, knowledge of
families and communities
Approaches to learning--initiative and curiosity;
persistence, reasoning and problem-solving
Physical health and development--fine and gross motor
skills, health status and practices
Many educators are
looking for ways to integrate assessment results with the planning
and development of opportunities for learning. For those educators
who want assessment to inform curriculum decisions Outcomes
Express provides a way to achieve this goal. Using Outcomes
Express assists teachers in the process of individualizing
activities to enrich each young child's classroom learning
experiences.
Outcomes Express combines teacher
observation with direct assessment of a child's skills via
computer-based assessment. This software program offers teachers
an easy way to sample the child's skills across the domains and
elements that are traditionally incorporated in early learning
programs.
Once assessments for all children
in a classroom are completed, the Classroom Summary Report
aggregates student data across domains. Results of this analysis
generate lists of small groups of students who can benefit from
activities targeted to enhance the acquisition of abilities and
skills in specific domains and elements.
Recommended learning activities
that specifically tie assessment results to curriculum are then
printed for each small group. The recommended learning activities
promote children's development and acquisition of concepts and
skills delineated to the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and
school curriculum. The age range of activities assessed is 2 yrs.
9 months to 5 years, 11 months.
