Glossary of Terms

ASQ®-3 Ages and Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition

A developmental screening tool for use with children ages one month to 5 years old. The ASQ®-3 highlights a child’s developmental strengths and areas of concern. Camp Fire uses ASQ®-3 to see where individual children need additional support, assess development over time, and identify developmental domains to emphasize in the classroom.

BOY Beginning of Year

Generally refers to measurements taken at the beginning of a school year (September through November).

BPOT Best Practices Observation Tool

A research-based checklist for classroom observers to measure the presence or absence of teaching practices that align with the CFSRP professional development curriculum. Checklists are tailored to classroom type (infant, toddler, Pre-K3 and Pre-K4).

CFSRP Camp Fire School Readiness Program

Camp Fire First Texas’ research-based initiative to strengthen school readiness through improving language and socialemotional skills among children age 0-5 and enhancing the quality of teaching and childcare centers.

CIRCLE Circle Progress Monitoring Tool

A criterion-referenced assessment used to identify prekindergarten students who are on track, need monitoring, or need support for development of early literacy and social emotional skills.

CLASS™ Classroom Assessment Scoring System

A quality improvement tool focused on teacher-student interactions that measures the teaching quality within a classroom. Camp Fire uses CLASS™ to gauge classroom quality and provide individualized feedback to improve educator practices.

CPALLS+

An assessment of prekindergarten learning (literacy, math, science, social studies), social development, and critical Head Start skills. Camp Fire uses CPALLS+ to assess older children’s language and math skill development over time.

DECA Devereux Early Childhood Assessment

A strengths-based social-emotional screening and assessment tool for infants and toddlers (ages one month to 36 months) and preschoolers (ages three to five years). Camp Fire uses DECA to assess children’s social-emotional wellbeing and level of protective factors.

Eeap

Camp Fire Early Education Apprenticeship Program

Camp Fire First Texas’ workforce development initiative to build a career pathway for early childhood educators by combining paid, on-the-job learning with coaching, professional development, and professional certification.

EOY End of year

Generally refers to measurements taken at the end of a school year (April through June).

FWISD Fort Worth Independent School District

The K-12 public school system that serves most students after they age out of the CFSRP.

MAP® Reading Fluency™

An online screening and progress monitoring tool that assesses basic reading skills with an emphasis on oral fluency (e.g., listening comprehension, words per minute, accuracy, decoding). It is part of a standardized, norm-referenced series of assessments that can be used to measure students’ performance against the performance of a national sample. Students receive a MAP® Reading Fluency™ rating of below, approaching, meeting, or exceeding grade level expectations.

MAP® Growth™

An online screening and progress monitoring tool that assesses early literacy skills, reading comprehension, and use of vocabulary. It is part of a standardized, norm-referenced series of assessments that can be used to measure students’ performance against the performance of a national sample. Students receive a score that places them at one of five levels (low, low average, average, high average, or high), based on the national sample.

MOY Middle of year

Generally refers to measurements taken in the middle of a school year (January or February).

PAS Program Administration Scale

A leadership and program management assessment tool designed for center-based early childhood education programs. Camp Fire uses the PAS to assess center quality and support continuous improvement.

TRS Texas Rising Star

The Texas Rising Star program is a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for child care programs participating in the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Child Care Services program. Source: texasrisingstar.org/about-trs

TX-KEA Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment

An assessment of entering Texas kindergarten students’ language, literacy, STEM, social emotional, executive function, and academic motor skill. Kindergarten teachers in Texas administer the TX-KEA to their students at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year.