Assessment Tools & Enhanced Curriculum

The ELOA Program is developing two assessment tools to measure literacy and learning levels of young children-

• The AELLD (Assessment of Early Language and Literacy Development ) is designed to assist teachers in assessing what children know and implementing curriculum to meet the needs of all the children.
  
  
• The BELA (Bilingual Early Language and Literacy Assessment) will be used to assess children's early learning and literacy skills in English and their home language. It can be administered in home-based and in family child care settings. The BELA is being developed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and Mandarin.

"The experience of administering the AELLD assessment tool led us to listen more actively to children's language during all aspects of the program and to be aware of appropriate goals for all our four-year-olds."
-Preschool Teacher/Director,
Department of Human Services