Analysis of Teacher Ability in Developing Early Childhood Development Assessment Instruments

This study aims to determine teachers' understanding of early childhood developmental assessment and teachers' ability to design child development assessment instruments in kindergartens in East Manggarai Regency. This research is qualitative. The subjects of the study were kindergarten teachers from East Manggarai Regency. The study was conducted in July 2021. Data collection using questionnaires, documentation studies and interviews. Data analysis by collecting data, reducing data, and presenting and drawing conclusions. The results showed that kindergarten teachers in East Manggarai Regency quite understand early childhood development assessment. Knowledge of the nature of early childhood assessment, such as; The types of techniques, principles, procedures in conducting assessments, goals, and how to select and determine assessment techniques, are known to teachers but not in a broad scope. Lack of ability of teachers in designing assessment instruments such as; the appearance of the assessment format is not neat and does not have complete components, the design of daily activities not following the theme, the assessment indicators not following the RPPH and not following the stages of child development.