- Assessment for Learning

Catalog description

This course introduces teacher candidates to the assessment of students who may be or already are identified as eligible for special education supports and services. The course content addresses both formal and informal assessment tools and their administration and interpretation as related to classroom needs. Candidates learn about standardized assessments, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), curriculum-based assessment and measurement, task analysis, functional behavior assessment, and how to generate teacher-designed tests. Candidates will design formative and summative assessments as well as have the opportunity to interpret educational assessment findings and summarize the results for an educational assessment report.