Work Sampling System For Head Start™| Fifth Edition is a curriculum-embedded assessment to help systematically document children's developmental skills, knowledge, behavior, and academics.
Work Sampling for Head Start | Fifth Edition
Work Sampling System For Head Start™| Fifth Edition is a curriculum-embedded assessment to help systematically document children's developmental skills, knowledge, behavior, and academics.
- Age range:
- 3 and 4 years old
- Scores/interpretation:
- Work Sampling® Online (ordered by phone at 1.800.627.7271) or manual scoring
- Qualification level:
- A
- Report options:
- Family Report
Work Sampling System
Online Annual License Fee Per Child:
- Less than 100 Children: 19.95
- 100-499 Children: 13.95
- 500-999 Children: 12.95
- 1,000-1,999 Children: 11.95
- 2,000 + Children: Contact us at 800.627.7271 for price quote
Work Sampling for Head Start | Fifth Edition closely aligns with the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework — offering a proven, authentic performance assessment.
Benefits
- Individualize instruction, foster effective communication with families, and fulfill federal reporting mandates more easily.
- Observe, record, and evaluate each child’s progress using a systematic method.
- Assess student learning across all eleven Head Start domains.
Features
Evaluate progress of children in Head Start programs.
- Kit includes a teacher’s manual, development guidelines, 30 development checklists, wall charts, and reproducible masters flash drive.
- Interrelated elements of the work sampling system are customized for each age level.
- Developmental guidelines and checklists detail skills, behaviors, and academic expectations in one-sentence performance indicators.
- Observational criteria is presented for each of the curriculum areas in the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework.
- Scoring: Standards-based Developmental Checklist Performance Indicators are simply scored "Not Yet," "In Process," or "Proficient."
- Using information collected with the Developmental Checklists, a Family Report can be completed three times a year to evaluate the child’s current level of performance and growth over time.
Resources
The following resources are available for WSHS-5.
ChildPlus Partnership
Work Sampling for Head Start is a data exchange partner with ChildPlus.net, the nation's premier Head Start software. Learn how to import your data.
The following training events are available for Work Sampling for Head Start | Fifth Edition.
