Educational Assessment for Individuals with Exceptionalities

Catalog description

This course is designed to offer students an understanding of the evaluation process, including appropriate assessment tools necessary for making eligibility, program, and placement decisions. Teacher candidates will evaluate students, and analyze and synthesize the information obtained from various assessment tools in order to carefully design specialized instruction and to monitor progress that meets the individual needs of students with disabilities including those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. The appropriate use of assistive technology as well as the most current technological instructional supports will be explored. No prerequisite.