Rationale for Testing

Rationale and Thought Process for Testing Items
 
The students will be graded according to their responses to all 3 measurable learning outcomes.  The students will participate in the first two activities in small groups.  The last activity will be conducted during the transition from large group time to free center play.  The essay part of this test comes in the form of writing their names on a sign in sheet in order to access the particular center they want to play in,  To further enhance learning letters, children will also observe and recognize “maximum occupancy signs” (to be reviewed during small group sessions of letter recognition activities), or “closed” signs.  This is a child initiated activity based on previous teacher directed activities