This week we are talking about the different types of assessment with a focus on classroom assessment. What are your thoughts about different ways to assess students in the classroom? How did the assignments, videos/readings/materials inform your thinking? Read: Salvia, Ysseldyke, & Witmer: Assessment in Special and Inclusive Education Chapter 8 & 11 Read: Hosp, […]

This part of case study is to interpret standardized test data. You interpret test results to be shared with parents. Please review the following presentation slides: Formal Assessments of Reading Standard Scores and Percentiles Then read the detailed Module 2 Assignment instructions and submit your completed work to this folder. Module2CaseStudyAssignment501.docx FormalAssessmentsofReading.pdf Module2CaseStudyAssignment501.docx Module 2 […]

Second, Module 1 has primarily been about building a framework for understanding special education and its functions related to assessment. For this discussion forum, please synthesize what you read and view in the text and resources: What are the main points and BIG IDEAS that are essential to understand special education assessment requirements? Are assessments […]

Research your local community demographics or the community you desire to teach in. (KILLEEN, TX) Access web-based data related to age, ethnicity, gender, language, religion (if possible), housing, household composition, employment status, and income. Your city's webpage and U.S. Census Bureau data will likely be your primary resources. However, you are encouraged to find other […]

  Please complete each of the following activities and remember to proofread your work before submitting. 1.  Choose a theme or topic that is appropriate for preschool children (ages three to five). Using the blank activity plan attached to this module, complete an activity plan for this theme/topic. (You may look at the attached sample […]

Part I: Journal Article Sharing with Feedback to Colleagues Post Journal Article Synthesis and respond to two colleagues' submissions. Part II: Assessment Assumptions In our work this week we are looking at diversity through dual lenses: Children who come from cultural and linguistically & racially diverse backgrounds who also may have an identified disability; Disability […]

  Objective: To create a fine motor lesson plan for preschoolers. Scenario: You are a teacher at a preschool. Your  class will soon be starting a topic called "Airplanes, Trains, and  Tracks." The children in your care come from diverse cultural  backgrounds, and several of them speak languages other than English at  home. Create a […]

Identify the eligibility/assessment criteria for TWO of the 14 special education eligibility categories found at 34 CFR 300.8(c) following disabling conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder Deaf-Blind Deafness Developmental Delay Emotional Disability Hearing Impairment Intellectual Disability Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment Other Health Impairment Specific Learning Disability Speech/Language Impairment Traumatic Brain Injury Visual Impairment Summarize the eligibility criteria […]

How does what you read and explored impact your thinking about testing and its uses in education? Have you been able to differentiate between state and district testing and testing processes that are used in special education? After reading the chapters and seeing the videos, what is your position on standardized assessment and how it […]

6- 501 Highlight new learning for the week and discuss how you might use RtI and Curriculum Based Measures in your classroom, even if it is not required. What is your opinion of the whole process? What are the pros and cons of using this type of system to monitor progress? Describe at least two […]