INTECA is developing practical tools and a framework to support state and local administrators in exploring and implementing virtual assessment and related technologies.
Explore our latest tools and guidance below, and scroll down to view past presentations and posters.
Links to Telehealth, HIPPA, & FERPA Resources
Last updated 12/4/2025 Telehealth General This website provides general info ...
Authentic Assessment in Early Intervention (EI) and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Infographic
This infographic describes key features of authentic assessment, a best ...
A Checklist to Help Programs and Practitioners Know if They Are Doing Authentic Assessment
This checklist can be completed for an individual practitioner or ...
Benefits and Challenges of Using Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
This resource provides a summary of the benefits and challenges ...
Considerations for Using VA for Different Assessment Purposes in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Considerations that are unique to using virtual assessment (VA) for ...
Deciding if VA is a Good Fit for Your Program
Designed to help early intervention (EI) and early childhood special ...
Evaluating and Improving Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
This document provides an overview of methods programs can use ...
How to Authentically and Virtually Collect Information About What Young Children Know and Can Do: A Guide for Practitioners
This resource provides practitioners with an overview of the skills ...
Methodology for the Interviews About Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Learn about how programs were using technology to conduct authentic ...
Program Planning Checklist for Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
The checklist presents a set of tasks that programs need ...
Policy Considerations for Implementing Virtual Assessment for Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
This resource summarizes findings from the INTECA data collection regarding ...
A Scan of Professional Organizations for Positions and Resources on Virtual Assessment of Young Children with Disabilities
We conducted an online review of 17 professional organizations relevant ...
Tips to Help Families Prepare for a Virtual Assessment with Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Programs
This tipsheet for families provides easy to use advice to ...
Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
This video provides an overview of Virtual Assessment, including some ...
What Families of Young Children Can Expect During a Virtual Assessment
This 2-page resource helps families understand what virtual assessment is ...
Presentations
Benefits and Challenges of Using Virtual Authentic Assessment With Young Children With Disabilities
INTECA staff shared lesson learned about the benefits and challenges ...
Conducting Virtual Authentic Assessment with Young Children with Disabilities
Presented at the Bright Start International Conference in November 2024 ...
Implementing Virtual Assessment in Early Childhood: Significant Benefits if Well Supported
This presentation from the August 2025 OSEP Conference introduced the ...
Virtual Assessment in Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education: Lessons from the Field
Examining the why, when, what, and how of effective virtual ...
Posters
Innovative Technology for Early Childhood Assessment Poster
Describing the INTECA project’s objectives and activities to build the ...
INTECA: Discovery of Themes to Guide Frameworks Poster
Describing the findings from INTECA’s systematic information gathering process that ...
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: How virtual assessment, videorecording, and other technologies can be used to learn what children know and can do Poster
Describing the findings from INTECA’s systematic information gathering process. Benefits, ...
Virtual Assessment in Early Childhood: Lessons Learned from the Field Poster
Providing state and local administrators information about factors they should ...