Research Guides: Resources for preK-12 Educators: Early Childhood

Early Childhood Resources

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge
CSEFEL: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
DEC - Division for Early Childhood
An international membership organization for those who work with or on behalf of young children with disabilities and other special needs
Early Childhood Services
Early Learning Resources - U.S. Department of Education
Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
Massachusetts Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
Head Start
National Institute for Early Education Research
Resources for Early Learning
Strategies for Early Childhood Instruction
Find evidence-based strategies, programs, and practices to start preschoolers on the journey to academic success.
Zero to Three
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

Early Childhood Assessment Collection

Early Childhood Assessment Collection Test Use Policy

All Early Childhood Assessment (test) materials are located in the locked Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) office on the fourth floor of Healey Library. This collection contains about 50 different sets of assessment (test) materials for young children. Here is a PDF list of the tests we own.

Eligible users:

Test access at Healey Library is restricted; tests may be viewed by eligible users only.

Students: An eligible user is a UMass Boston undergraduate or graduate student who is participating in a UMass Boston assessment or assessment-related class (education, counseling, or psychology).
Faculty: UMass Boston faculty are also eligible users. With advance notice (via email to library.reference@umb.edu) tests (assessment kits) can be checked out to faculty members for three days for in-class demonstrations. Faculty can also state in their email that they'd like to book Healey Library’s CALLI classroom (H04-015) for this purpose. The necessary test(s) will be retrieved and brought to the room.

Restrictions on use:

All eligible users must fill out and sign a Healey Library CRC Test Use Request Form before viewing a test. The CRC Librarian will email you within two business days to make an appointment to view the test(s) you have requested.
Tests are to be viewed for evaluation and study purposes only. No one may administer a test from our collection.
Licensing and copyright policies dictate that no portion of any test, or its accompanying materials, may be reproduced in any format, digitally or otherwise (photocopying, scanning, photographing), for any purpose, without the prior, written permission of the copyright holder (test publisher).
All materials must be used ethically and for the sole purposes of teaching, learning, and scholarship within an educational environment.
Tests may be viewed in the office at H04-011 for a maximum of two hours by appointment on business days (Monday – Friday) between 9 AM – 5 PM (exceptions can be made for faculty).

Some text on this page was used/adapted with permission from librarians at Bridgewater State University, Harvard University’s School of Education, and Westfield State University.