Policies and National Regulations and Standards for Early Childhood Education
The state of Georgia assesses students in various ways, aiming to measure student achievement of the standards utilized to improve education. For the pre-kindergarten program in Georgia, which is lottery funded, the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS) are used. Also implemented in Georgia are the Georgia performance standards, Georgia standards of excellence, as well as the adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS) (Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2016). These performance standards aim to insulate and identify the necessary skills to communicate, reason, form connections, and solve problems (Georgia Performance Standards, 2020). These standards also provide vital information to educators concerning the extent of assessment in reference to each individual student. According to the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)(2020), the state of Georgia adopted the CCSS in an effort to improve the learning and teaching, which takes place in the educational...