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The Family Environment Scale (FES) was developed and is used to measure social and environmental characteristics of families. [1] It can be used in several ways, in family counseling and psychotherapy , to teach program evaluators about family systems, and in program evaluation .
In 1990, a report by the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect drew attention to the problem of child abuse in the country. [5] After the report, home visitation programs in the U. S. started to be developed by several organizations, such as Healthy Families America, Parents as Teachers, and Nurse-Family Partnership. [5]
Formative vs summative assessments. Formative assessment, formative evaluation, formative feedback, or assessment for learning, [1] including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.
The National Center for Families Learning partners with Better World Books, [5] Toyota, [4] [3] and other literacy advocates to help fund its many initiatives. [3] The NCFL sponsors free, online, brain-building resources, Wonderopolis and Wonderopolis Camp. [6]
NCFAS-G+R stands for the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale for General Services and Reunification. The combined scale is intended for use by agencies that provide a wide variety of services for both intact and reunifying families.
Educational assessment or educational evaluation [1] is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, aptitude and beliefs to refine programs and improve student learning. [2] Assessment data can be obtained by examining student work directly to assess the achievement of learning outcomes or ...
Dr. Mark Sundberg, later went on to author his Verbal Behavioral assessment called the VB-MAPP in 2008. [2] Another assessment tool for learning is the International Development and Early Learning Assessment. This tool is used to measure and compare a child's, usually between the ages of three and six years, behavioral development and learning ...
The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), also known as the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS), [1] was developed in 1973 by T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues. [2] This test purports to provide an index of a newborn's abilities, and is usually given to an infant somewhere between the age of 3 days to 4 weeks old. [ 1 ]