Tanessa Sanchez
Original Work
This text is a derivative from the original work Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education
An Open Educational Resources Publication by College of the Canyons, created by Gina Peterson and Emily Elam
Peer Reviewed by Kristin Beeve and Clinton Springer
Editors: Alexa Johnson & Trudi Radtke
Version 1.0 2020
2020 Revision
The following major changes were made to this document by Diane Studinka August 2020:
- Table of Contents to match changes
- Chapter 1 added section Factors that Affect Observation
- Separated Chapter 1 into Chapters 1 and 2
- Moved previous Chapter 2 Quality Counts to Chapter 18
- Added Header Information paragraph
- Added section Errors in the Observation Process
- Added Chapter 3
- Modified Chapter 4 as the introduction to new Chapters 5-12
- Added Chapters 5-12
- Separated last sections of previous Chapter 4 into Chapters 13 and 14
- Added new references to the modified sections and new chapters
2026 Revision
The following major changes were made to this document by Tanessa Sanchez July 2026. Most of the changes and revisions were conducive to moving the textbook resource from a PDF to Pressbooks.
- Reformatted text to the e-textbook platform Pressbooks
- Moved chapter 15 to chapter 4
- Added DRDP information to chapter 4
- Shifted and renumbered chapters 4-17
- Included interpretation reminders to the end of each assessment tool
- Embedded videos and verified accurate video closed captioning
- Removed all links and non-accessible content
- Updated, modified, and formatted the references for each chapter
- Ensured accessibility compliance
