Assessment & Remediation for the Secondary Student with Special Needs

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This course will consider educational assessment as a process of gathering and analyzing information in order to plan meaningful instruction, to evaluate interventions, to select appropriate learning curricula and materials, and to make appropriate educational decisions for students who are at-risk or disabled primarily in the content areas of language arts and mathematics. Students will utilize standardized format, informal, ongoing and alternative measures used in the assessment of students who are at- risk and disabled, with an emphasis on reading in the content areas of social studies, mathematics and science. Ways to report and use assessment information are reflected through instructional planning in inclusive and special education classrooms along with strategies to communicate assessment information to parents. 20 hours of fieldwork experience will be provided as part of the course. Prerequisite; EDUC 301 .