GOLD^TM is an assessment system that helps teachers be intentional in their teaching by accurately pinpointing where children are in their development and learning and to plan accordingly in order to support children in further developing in a number of key areas that are vital to future school and life success. The key areas are: Social -Emotional Development, Physical Development, Language Development, Cognitive Development, Literacy Skills and Mathematic Skills.

Teaching Strategies GOLD^TM was created following an extensive, literature-based research review of some of the most recent works in the field of early childhood education: the Child Trends School Readiness Predictors Research (2006), the work of the National Early Literacy Panel (2009), the Pathways Mapping Initiative (2007), and many individual research studies describing predictors of school success.  

Additionally, each of the 38 objectives contained in Teaching Strategies GOLD^TM were selected based on further review and to answer the following question:  Is this objective a key predictor of school success?