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Early childhood education - developing assessment for unit standards guideline

This material has been written to assist assessors of early childhood education and care unit standards to develop resources that will promote quality assessments of people against early childhood education and care unit standards.

These documents are not teaching plans - the aim is to make it easier for assessors to assess effectively and efficiently. It is hoped that the resources will provide assessors with some ideas that can be adapted and applied to different assessment situations.

This material is intended to be relevant to the wide range of early childhood settings where people are learning both theory and the practice of skills and knowledge related to working with young children.

Levels 2 and 3

The following a assessment materials have been developed for early childhood education (ECE) unit standards for levels 2 and 3.

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Level 4 to Level 6

These guidelines are designed to help assessors develop assessment materials rather than to provide actual tasks. This material has been written to assist assessors of early childhood education and care unit standards to develop resources that will promote quality assessments of people against early childhood education and care unit standards at levels 4 to 6.

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Feedback

Users of this resource are encouraged to try out the materials and share their feedback to National Qualifications Services