Kei Tua o te Pae

Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars is a best-practice guide that will help teachers continue to improve the quality of their teaching.

The exemplars are a series of books that will help teachers to understand and strengthen children's learning. It also shows how children, parents and whānau can contribute to this assessment and ongoing learning.

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The quality of assessment in early childhood education – ERO(external link)

References – Ngā āpitihanga

  • Ballard, Keith (1993). “A Socio-political Perspective on Disability: Research and Institutional Disabilism”. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 28 no. 2, pp. 89–103.
  • Bevan-Brown, Jill (1994). “Intellectual Disability: A Māori Perspective”. In Disability, Family, Whānau and Society, ed. K. Ballard. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.
  • Bruder, Mary Beth (1997). “The Effectiveness of Specific Educational/Developmental Curricula for Children with Established Disabilities”. In The Effectiveness of Early Intervention, ed. M. Guralnick. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
  • Carr, Margaret (2001). Assessment in Early Childhood Settings: Learning Stories. London: Paul Chapman.
  • Carr, Margaret and Dowson, Gill (1995). “Te Whāriki: Inclusion and Assessment”. In Proceedings of 6th Early Childhood Convention of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Auckland.
  • Dunn, Lesley (2000). “Using ‘Learning Stories’ to Assess and Design Programs for Young Children with Special Needs in New Zealand”. Infants and Young Children, vol. 13 no. 2, pp. 73–82.
  • Dunn, Lesley and Barry, Sally (2004). Inclusive Assessment for Children with Early Intervention Support. Final Report to the Ministry of Education. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
  • Fasoli, Lyn (2003). “Reading Photographs of Young Children: Looking at Practices”. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, vol. 4 no. 1, pp. 32–47.
  • Lepper, Chris; Williamson, Denise; and Cullen, Joy (2003). “Professional Development to Support Collaborative Assessment”. Early Education, no. 33, pp. 19–28.
  • Macartney, Bernadette (2002). “Maggie-Rose: A Parent’s Story”. The First Years: Ngā Tau Tuatahi. New Zealand Journal of Infant and Toddler Education, vol. 4 no. 2, pp. 29–31.
  • Ministry of Education (1996). Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o Aotearoa/ Early Childhood Curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media.
  • Ministry of Education (2000). Including Everyone/Te Reo Tātaki: Meeting Special Education Needs in Early Childhood. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
  • Purdue, Kerry; Ballard, Keith; and MacArthur, Jude (2001). “Exclusion and Inclusion in New Zealand Early Childhood Education: Disability, Discourses and Contexts”. International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 9 no.1, pp. 37-49.
  • Smith, Anne (1999). “The Role of an Early Childhood Curriculum: Promoting Diversity versus Uniformity”. Paper presented at the Enhancing Quality in the Early Years conference, Dublin, 19-20 November, 1999.