Measuring What Children Can Do in All Languages: Developmental Assessment for Children Who Are Dual Language Learners
Explore typical bilingual development in the early years and learn what it means to assess children who are dual language learners.
Child Language Assessment
These resources describe best practices for collecting and analyzing valid and reliable data to consider a child’s language development. These practices may involve direct assessment, structured observations, staff checklists, or parent reports, and portfolio records or work samples.
Some of the resources here may address program requirements for assessing a child who speaks a language other than English or is a dual language learner.
Screening Dual Language Learners in Head Start Programs: A Guide for Program Leaders
Read this guide that includes a worksheet designed for Early Head Start and Head Start teams. It helps ensure that their screening process provides the best possible results for all children, including dual language learners (DLLs).
1302.33 Child screenings and assessments.
Working with each child’s parent, programs must complete or obtain a current developmental screening to identify concerns regarding a child’s behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills.