Assessment for Reading Instruction

Catalog description

This course is designed to assist pre-service and in-service teachers in becoming proficient consumers and users of classroom-based assessments and assessment data. Instruction focuses on building knowledge of the purposes of assessment, types of assessment tools, how to administer and use several valid, reliable, well-researched formal and informal assessments of reading and related skills, how to effectively interpret the results of assessments, and how to communicate assessment results in a variety of contexts. This course is approved by the Maryland State Department of Education for individuals seeking re-certification and is intended for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers. This course is only offered in the spring semester. Usually offered as needed.