A comprehensive guide to alternative, authentic assessment in early childhood curriculum, this book shows assessment as a process teachers can use in their own classrooms, with procedures such as portfolios, standards, benchmarks and rubrics. It offers guidance in organizing pupil assessment, including forms which can be adapted or duplicated. The book includes guides to interpreting and using assessment information once it has been collected. For use in the classroom, these guides are based on current research on how young children learn, including constructivist approaches and cultural and individual differences.