Maryland’s Early Childhood Intervention and Special Education System of Services Birth through Five
Jan 17, 2016
Maryland’s Early Childhood Intervention and Special Education System of
Services Birth through Five
Assessment Think Tank Purpose
Create a Comprehensive, Coordinated, High Quality
Assessment System to Support the Building of a Birth through Five
System of Services
Maryland's Assessment Think Tank Members
National•OSEP State Contact•TA specialists - NECTAC and MSRRC•Educational Consultants
State •Representatives from the Early Childhood Intervention & Education Branch (Part C & B), in the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services at the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)•Asst. State Superintendent and other representatives from the Division of Early Childhood Development, at the MSDE
Local •Local Directors/Coordinators of Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education programs•Local evaluation/assessment practitioners
Review commonly used, current, national, and State practicesIdentify critical components of an assessment system/tool through research and best practicesDesign assessment matrix to analyze toolsReview selected assessment tools through publisher and user presentationsEvaluate critical components for each tool
Assessment Think Tank Process
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Maryland’s Assessment Think Tank Products
Define the ECIE Assessment SystemRecommend “Assessment Tool Box” Define statewide evaluation/assessment process5
Vision for Maryland’s Birth through Five Assessment
System
Maryland’s Early Childhood Intervention and Education (ECIE) Assessment System provides a reliable, valid, and coordinated approach to support families and build capacity for early care and education programs. This approach promotes positive developmental and educational outcomes through full access, participation, and supports in home and community life, for young children with disabilities and their families.
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Purpose-Driven Assessment
1. Determining child eligibility
2. Decision-making for individual child and family results
3. Meeting federal, state, and local accountability requirements
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Recommended Assessment Tool Box
Overview of the Assessment Analysis Matrix
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Maryland’s Recommended Assessment Process
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•Options for eligibility
•Options for child and family results
•Requirements for measuring child outcomes
•Assessment timelines
Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI-2)
Brigance Inventory of Early Development II
Developmental Assessment of Young Children (DAYC)
Early Learning Accomplishments Profile (E-LAP)*
Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment (TPBA 2)*
As AppropriateTargeted Specialized Assessments
Medical ReportsInformed Clinical Opinion
* Not as a sole tool for determining eligibility using the 25% delay criteria
Maryland’s Recommended Tool Box
Eligibility (Birth to 3)
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Child DevelopmentAssessment, Evaluation, and Programming System (AEPS)
Brigance Inventory of Early Development Carolina Curriculum
Early Learning Accomplishments Profile (E-LAP)*Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)
*The Ounce Scale Teaching Strategies GOLD
*Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment and Intervention (TPBA/I 2)
Maryland’s Recommended Tool Box
Decision-Making for Individual Child and Family Results
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Child Development through Family Report
Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3)
Routines Based Interview (RBI)
Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment (TPBA-2)
Family Assessment (Concerns, Priorities and Resources)
Family Interview Tool (locally developed)
Routines Based Interview (RBI)
Maryland’s Recommended Tool Box
Decision-Making for Individual Child and Family Results
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Children Birth to 3 •Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) – Use at least one recommended assessment tool crosswalked to the COSF and all available sources of information
Children 3 to Kindergarten Age •Work Sampling System (WSS) and the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) for all children with extended IFSPs. •Work Sampling System (WSS) and the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) for all children with IEPs.
Kindergarten Age •Work Sampling System (WSS)
Required Child Outcome/Accountability
Measures
NEXT STEPS -Timeline
Leadership Conference presentation
Local jurisdiction decision-making on local assessment tool box
Focused training on assessment tools of choice
Statewide implementation of Maryland’s ECIE Evaluation/Assessment System practices
July 1, 2011
September 2010
Assessment Tool Box Statewide Open House October 26, 2010
WSS required for all children receiving services through an Extended IFSP
Winter/Spring 2011
February 1, 2011
January 1, 2011