EDEX 790 Assessment

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EDEX 790 Assessment

• Dr. Cheryl Wissick
• Introduction Presentation
• Class 1
• Programs in Special Education
• University of South Carolina

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Introductions Brainstorming

• Introductions
• What I want to learn about assessment is
• Brainstorming
• Why do we assess?

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Important Links Info

• Syllabus
• Http//www.ed.sc.edu/caw/edex790.html
• Idea Practices
• Http//www.ideapractices.org
• LD Online
• Http//www.ldonline.org
• Text Assessing Students with Special Needs,
  McLoughlin and Lewis, 5th ed.

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Why assess?

• Identification and referral
• Determination of Eligibility
• Program Planning
• Program implementation and evaluation progress
  monitoring

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Assessment- be a sleuth

• What is the problem?
• Form a hypothesis
• Develop a teaching plan
• Teach and test hypothesis
• Review the problem

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Assessment Procedures

• Formal
• Structured assessment
• Guidelines for admin, score, interpret
• Norm-referenced
• Compare individual to a group
• Scores standard scores, ile
• Administer in group or individual

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Assessment Procedures

• Informal
• Determine current level of performance
• Document student progress
• Direct changes in program
• Designed by the teacher
• Observation
• Curriculum-based Assessment
• Techniques using informants

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Pieces to solving the puzzle

• Observation
• Teacher Reports
• Class work - functional assessment
• Behavior
• Formal testing
• IQ
• Achievement
• Teach-Test-Retest