SPED 336 - Educational Assessment and Prescriptive Programming of Individuals with Disabilities (P-12) Part I

Credits: 3 hours
This course develops assessment techniques regarding the design and adaptation of assessments both formal and informal; data collection, organization, and analysis for instruction as well as the selection and use for effective standards- based classroom instruction in academic and behavioral domains. Emphasis is on instructional assessment, planning and construction, assessment of effective traits and dispositions, strategies to monitor student progress, evaluation of student performance, educational/classroom assessment instruments (standardized and informal), grading and reporting student performance. This includes assessment of young children, students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and the assessment of student’s transition needs and preferences.
Prerequisite(s): SPED 233, SPED 234, SPED 236, SPED 238 and formal admission to Teacher Education Program. Ideally, SPED 435 should be taken the same semester
Offered: fall semesters only