Find inspiration to intentionally develop and implement meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment practices to build responsive, joyful classrooms. This foundational resource for all educators of children from birth through third grade curates articles from NAEYC's award-winning Young Children journal and Teaching Young Children magazine. The volume, the second in the series on this topic, includes an entirely new selection of articles that explores what observation and assessment are, why to use them, and how; ways to integrate documentation, observation, and assessment into the daily routine; and much more.