Assessment in Special Education

Catalog description

This course will focus on the use of assessment in special education and current issues regarding teacher use of student data to inform instructional decision making in Pre-K-4 classrooms. Students will address topics on the special education referral and eligibility process, types of assessment and their uses, academic and behavioral assessment, progress monitoring, diagnostic assessment, data-based decision making, differentiated assessment and instruction, and the delivery of intensive intervention for supporting students with disabilities.