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Balloons: A Concepts About Print Assessment

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A locally constructed, criterion-referenced 17-item assessment in the Kindergarten Assessment Portfolio used by program teachers to measure kindergarten pupils' concepts about print.

Components

  • Balloons: A Concepts About Print Assessment, a criterion-referenced 17-item measure from the Kindergarten Assessment Portfolio: The Balloons test, locally constructed in 1991, is "a criterion-referenced measure from the Kindergarten Assessment Portfolio" used to assess kindergarten pupils' concepts about print. Its 17 scored objectives include knowing the front of the book, that print rather than pictures carries the message, left-to-right movement, one-to-one word match, and concepts of letter, word, and capital letter. Program teachers administered it the week of March 29, 1993; successful completion of at least 12 of 17 items was considered appropriate for promotion to grade 1. (Johnson (1994))

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Key Sources

  • Johnson, Jessie; And Others. (1994). Language Development Component: All Day Kindergarten Program 1992-1993. Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund. Final Evaluation Report. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED379098
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description A locally constructed, criterion-referenced 17-item assessment in the Kindergarten Assessment Portfolio used by program teachers to measure kindergarten pupils' concepts about print.
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