Lit Assess, Diagnosis, & Inst.

Catalog description

This course id designed to investigate reading assessment and instruction in the elementary grades. This will include an overview of the reading process, methods of assessment, and best practices for instruction. Methods, procedures, and techniques for identifying, analyzing, and correcting, reading difficulties will be explored. The purpose of the course is to evaluate individual students' ability to read to then guide instruction. Teacher candidates will administer, score, and interpret the results of various assessment instruments and create lesson plans to meet the academic needs of students as identified by the assessment data.