Meaningful developmentally appropriate assessment are core components of every early learning setting. In todays of data collection highstakes testing and accountability it is important to understand how to effectively assess young children in settings use this data to inform the curriculum and communicate this with staff families and communities. on the work of the first volume of on Young Children and Assessment this book brings togethernew articles curated by Hilary Seitz director for educator and leadership in the California State University system. Organized into three parts the contributions changing the landscape observation and assessment the need for to be culturally and linguistically responsive a variety of why educators use observation and assessment exploring information the foundations and meanings behind them different facets of the assessment process and how to capture thinking and learning moments reflecting on and including all children by identifying their unique and needs and using a variety of supporting strategies article in this collection is accompanied by questions to deeper thinking on the content.