EDSE 411 - Assessment of Students with Exceptionalities

Description:
Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting formal and informal assessment tools. Designing and using informal testing techniques, summative and formative.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: EDSE 310 and conditional or full admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explain basic terminology used in assessment of students with exceptionalities including legal provisions and ethical principles.
Examine child-find screening, pre-referral, referral, and eligibility procedures.
Explore the application and limitations of tools used for assessment of students with exceptionalities.
Synthesize assessment data in making eligibility, program, and placement decisions for students with exceptionalities, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Identify procedures for assessing and reporting both appropriate and problematic social behaviors of individuals with exceptionalities.
Use assessment results to develop instructional plans.
Utilize assessment data to build transition plans for students, including birth to age three, age three to preschool, preschool to kindergarten, and transition from high school into the world.
Utilize and interpret formal and informal assessments including observation methods grades birth to grade 12.
Integrate assessment data for building an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP).

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/3/20

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg Winter Locations: Ellensburg Spring Locations: Ellensburg