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Assessment Work Sampling System (WSS)
The Work
Sampling System (WSS) systematically
documents children’s skills, knowledge,
behavior, and academic accomplishments to
enhance instruction and improve learning.
This valid, research-based performance
assessment uses three interrelated elements
– Developmental Guidelines and Checklists,
Portfolios, and Summary Reports – to
understand and communicate what students are
learning, what they are beginning to master,
and what they still need to work on. WSS
helps individualize instruction while
meeting accountability and reporting
mandates. Use this practical proven system
to:
• Assess students with the most highly research-based, validate performance assessment tool available to ensure success. • Affords opportunities to observe children’s learning, record the information in a portfolio, and prepare them for early grades. • Improve instruction while fitting into existing curricula. • Chart children’s growth in seven domains of learning including: personal and social development, language and literacy, mathematical thinking, scientific thinking, social studies, the arts, and physical development and health. • Streamline reporting and data aggregation to help you meet the accountability requirements of No Child Left Behind.
Research
Research findings have confirmed validity of The Work Sampling System through many studies. In a validly study conducted in 17 urban Title I classrooms, WSS ratings were compared to students’ scores on the nationally-normed, standardized Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised (WJ-R). WSS correlated well to the standardized test results and was found to be a stronger predictor of test scores than demographic variables. A related study shows 8 to 25 times higher improvement in performance on a standardized achievement test in WSS students versus matched non-WSS peers. The Work Sampling System: Reliability and Validity of a Performance Assessment for Young Children Download PDF Trusting Teachers' Judgments: A Validity Study of a Curriculum-Embedded Performance Assessment in Kindergarten to Grade 3 Download PDF School Readiness in Childcare Settings: A Developmental Assessment of Children in 22 Accredited Child Care Centers Download PDF Authors
WSS in South Carolina: All classes in the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP) are required to use WSS as their child assessment program. Go to Work Sampling Key Points 09 10.doc for SC requirements and Key points. |