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Kentucky's Continuous Assessment Training Sessions  

In 2003 the KIDS NOW Initiative developed and distributed Building a Strong Foundation for School Success: Kentucky's Early Childhood Standards, to be used by all early care and education providers as well as by parents.

The second manual in a series of three, Building a Strong Foundation for School Success: Kentucky's Early Childhood Continuous Assessment Guide, was later completed and is being introduced across the state. The second manual provides guidance to early childhood programs regarding appropriate methods and instruments for assessing young children's progress towards meeting the Early Childhood Standards and for evaluating early childhood programs. Both manuals can be accessed and downloaded at www.kidsnow.ky.gov.

To assist in using the Continuous Assessment Guide, the Training Into Practice Project (TIPP), in collaboration with the Division of Child Care, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Division of Early Childhood Development, Kentucky Department of Education, offers the following three training modules:

Classroom/Instructional Assessment
Screening
Authentic Methods for Assessing Young Children

Each module is 7 clock hours in length and is offered regionally across the state.