Teaching Strategies GOLD uses guided observation to support teachers’ use of high quality teaching through efficient documentation strategies. The validity and reliability for this assessment tool has been examined and confirmed through normative sample studies conducted by The Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation (CEME), The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Lambert 2011 and 2012). Researchers at CEME conducted additional analysis to confirm that a link between assessment and curriculum can enhance child outcomes. The sample that follows looks at users of both The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and The Teaching Strategies GOLD Assessment System.