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Early Childhood Learning Assessment
Trying to understand where your child’s knowledge aligns within the pre-k or kindergarten curriculum in your area? Wondering if your child is prepared for a selective enrollment or advanced placement test? Stop guessing and start guiding! We provide targeted assessments in math and language arts that pinpoint what your child knows, what they’ve missed, and exactly what they need to master next. We can provide you with a feasible in home action plan that supports you child’s current daycare or school lessons. We aren’t just checking boxes, we are building a foundation for success.
Pre-K or Kindergarten Assessment
$300
What can you expect?
The assessment will start with an introduction and warm up play session with you and your child. I typically let children guide me through their space, show me their toys and get comfortable before starting any questions.
After getting comfortable, I will begin to ask your child questions. I typically bring out learning materials including counting cubes, work books, flash cards, and writing materials for them to demonstrate skills. We will go through a few categories in math and language arts, depending on their age and learning background. Children can also use their own toys and materials to demonstrate their knowledge.
The assessment with your child will last between 30-45 minutes depending on how they are answering questions, their mood, and their focus.
Parents can be present during the assessment, but I recommend not participating and not interacting so that I can independently work with the child to make a more accurate assessment of their knowledge.
After the assessment has concluded, I will sit down with parents/guardians to discuss my findings and share how what they have demonstrated to me compares to the current and next grade level's standards (duration 60 minutes).
Within 2 business days of our assessment, you will receive a written summary of what was reviewed with your child as well as a short "next steps" guide and recommended learning materials Amazon shopping list.
If you are interested in lessons or lesson planning moving forward, we can also discuss that after the assessment.
FAQ: Is this a qualitative or quantitative assessment?
Rainey Day’s assessment is not standardized. This is a qualitative assessment with questions based off of our knowledge and experience working with the Pre-K and Kindergarten standards in the Chicago area. We start our assessments with standard Pre-K level questions and increase the skill level as each student shows mastery. This mimics the format of a typical standardized or accelerated placement test. An additional part of the assessment is ascertaining the student’s comfort with this particular style of examination in a more comfortable environment for them. We also offer a short formal test through an online platform that provides mock tests for the Chicago area elementary exams. Those will show quantitative results which can be shared with families in the post assessment debrief. The goal for each assessment is to work through a general Kindergarten math and language arts curriculum with the student demonstrating full knowledge.