A school or program that strives to teach more academic concepts instead of play-based programs. They focus more on pre-academic skills and preparation for future educational success.

The usefulness of the measure to help influence future intervention and educational planning.

A team comprised of members from several different disciplines who are committed to learning, teaching, and working across several disciplines to provide more integrated services to a child.

The perceived value of an assessment including whether it is generally acceptable and appropriate. Social validity involves asking questions about whether the situational factors presented in an assessment are valuable for the child and the family as well as whether the methods were acceptable to the children who participated.

The ability of a child to interact using specific behavior in a social situation such as using toys to interact with peers and adults.

A child’s ability to perform activities of daily living independently including bathing, toileting, and feeding.

An approach to screening that targets specific populations of children such as those in high-risk groups. This type of screening may also be instituted at certain developmental points in time including important milestones such as just before kindergarten.

An assessment based on how a child passes and fails tasks that ultimately examines how they can learn and interact with their environment.

An assessment where the teacher collects samples of work completed by the child in an organized and systematic way to create a “portfolio.” This is one of the more common assessments in the classroom setting.

An evaluation of a child’s performance based with the same age-level peers.