Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Assessment Standards

• UTILITY – Usefulness for intervention
• ACCEPTABILITY – Social worth & detection
• AUTHENTICITY – Natural methods & contexts
• EQUITY – Universal design/special accommodations
• SENSITIVITY – Fine content/measurement gradations
• CONVERGENCE – Synthesis of ecological data
• COLLABORATION – Parent-professional teamwork
• CONGRUENCE – Disability design/evidence-base
• STANDARDS-BASED – Content/standards alignment
• TECHNOLOGY - Computer-based portable formats

To learn more about developmentally appropriate practice, see the position statement from the National Association for the Education of Young Children at http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSDAP98.PDF.