Baseline assessment: selecting a method of assessing children on school entry

Emergent Theories: Towards Signs of Early Science

“…Again, while there may be much to be commended in schemes such as these, they provide no dear view of the basis by which these criteria are offered. Cline and Blatchford (1994) argue that baseline schemes must satisfy four criteria, that of: practical efficiency, equity, accountability and theoretical integrity. They specify the last of these by asking:…”