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Professional development for Assessments to measure
practitioners progress

Good-quality training and reflective practice are The Cambridge Early Years programme includes tools
essential parts of a practitioner’s professional life and a and resources that can help early years settings to
core part of the programme. assess and evaluate a child’s learning and development
against the learning statements within the Cambridge
The programme provides introductory training that Early Years curriculum framework. The use of continuous
covers key elements of the programme and enables formative assessment through observations and
centres to deliver Cambridge Early Years with gathering evidence during learning is central to our
confidence. approach.
Assessment resources will:
Once centres have at least one year of experience with  give guidance on the key principles of early years
the programme, they can access Enrichment training. assessment
This focuses on developing best practice and allows  help to make effective judgements about the
plenty of time for centre practitioners to exchange ideas development of young learners
with other practitioners. Experienced trainers will share  explain how standardised assessments such as
ideas, encourage practitioners to reflect on their areas the Cambridge Early Years Baseline Assessment
of teaching and learning, and help to develop practical can complement judgements within a three-stage
strategies which can be used in class with learners. assessment process

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