Diagnostic assessments, at any level, will give you a sense of the starting point at which a child comes to you. It is a measure of their prior knowledge, and misconceptions they may hold, before they begin learning what you have to teach them. At the nursery level, an entrance diagnostic assessment is a critical way for you to get to know children individually, as well as the dynamic, make up of a class, all before the first day of school!

The following are books for Nursery School Diagnostic Assessment.