How we evaluate your child

Educators assess children to measure their development and see whether the programs children attend contribute to their growth. The Child Observation Record (COR) from HighScope is an observation-based instrument for the systematic assessment of children in all areas of development. It is organized into 6 categories and 32 items. Within each item are 5 developmental levels that describe children’s behavior ranging from (1) simple to (5) more complex. Alduts at Kidzone record objective anecdotal notes on children throughout the year and  use them to produce COR reports. The COR reports will be sent to children’s parents two times per year.

I. Initiative

A. Making choices and plans

B. Solving problems with materials

C. Initiating play

D. Taking care of personal needs

II. Social Relations

E. Relating to adults

F. Relating to other children

G. Resolving interpersonal conflict

H. Understanding and expressing feelings

III. Creative Representation

I. Making and building models

J. Drawing and painting pictures

K. Pretending

IV. Movement and Music

L. Moving in various ways

M. Moving in objects

N. Feeling and expressing steady beat

O. Moving to music

P. Singing

V. Language and Literacy

Q. Listening to and understanding speech

R. Using vocabulary

S. Using complex patterns of speech

T. Showing awareness of sounds in words

U. Demonstrating knowledge about books

V. Using letter names and sounds

W. Reading

X. Writing

VI. Mathematics and Science

Y. Sorting objects

Z. Identifying patterns

AA. Comparing objects

BB. Counting

CC. Identifying position and direction

DD. Identifying sequence, change and casuality

EE. Identifying materials and properties

FF. Identifying natural and living things