SPE 439 Assessment Practices in Special Education

This course provides an overview of the purposes of engaging in assessment and the examination of different kinds of measures, such as screening, assessment for eligibility, progress monitoring, and ongoing developmental assessment. Specific types of assessment instruments used for intervention and other special education purposes in P-22 are reviewed and implemented, including formal and informal instruments for assessing social, emotional, cognitive, communication, motor skills, family strengths, needs, concerns, priorities, resources, as well as school, home, and community learning environments. Through hands-on practice with a variety of tools, students learn procedures and develop strategies for implementing nondiscriminatory assessment, utilizing valid and reliable measures when conducting formative and summative individual and program evaluation. Ten field hours required. Pre-requisite(s): SPE 401. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours