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Even before President Obama announced his plans for early care and education in his State of the Union Address, the National Association for the Education of Young Children had sent a message to Congress, "Call to Action for the 112th Congress", which provides a helpful outline for assessing the President's new plans. For example, here are two excerpts of relevance to the current debate: "When assessment is directed toward a narrow set of skills, programs may ignore the very competencies that have been shown, to build a strong foundation for success in areas including, but not limited to, academics. As recently as 2008, the National Academies of Science issued cautions about the use of child outcomes assessments for high-stakes purposes.... "Provide joint professional development for teachers of young children in schools, child care programs, state-funded prekindergarten, Early Head Start, and Head Start — particularly preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers — in all areas of child development (including cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and approaches to learning)..."
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