Our History

Project Construct curriculum reflects the work of hundreds of individuals, including early childhood educators, administrators, college and university professors, state department education consultants, and curriculum and assessment specialists. Through a series of intense and sincere conversations about important issues, individuals from a wide variety of perspectives built together the Project Construct Curriculum. This curriculum represents some of the best thinking in the field of early childhood. 

In 1992 the Project Construct National Center published the first edition of the Early Childhood Framework for Curriculum and Assessment in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Over the years, the content has been reviewed in terms of new standards and emerging information about how children learn and how teachers can best support children’s development. The Early Childhood Framework for Curriculum and Assessment ahs been subjected to many rounds of intense scrutiny by a large group of processionals in early childhood education–nationally renowned consultants, administrators, teacher educators, state department educational consultants, curriculum and assessment specialists, and determined the shape and content of the curriculum. New trends and issues  arise continually in the educational field As a result, in 2012 Project Construct commissioned a literature review of issues concerning constructivist practices. This new research has led to the current 2013 updated version of the Early Childhood Framework for Curriculum and Assessment. 

2014 also brought about the Infant and Toddler Framework for Curriculum. This framework was commissioned to provide guidance for teachers working with our youngest children. The Infant and Toddler Curriculum was subjected to the same intense scrutiny and research  as the Early Childhood Framework for Curriculum and Assessment.