Assessment
and Data
and Data
Define Assessment
Systematic process of gathering data to guide instruction.
What does LRE Mean?
Least Restrictive Environment
What is the discrepancy model?
Ability-achievement gap
What is child find?
Schools must identify/evaluate suspected disabilities.
Define SLD
Disorder affecting reading, writing, math, reasoning.
Name two types of assessment
Formative, Summative, Diagnostic, Screening, Benchmark.
A student receives full-time emotional support but wants to participate in general education electives. Evaluate the LRE implications.
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What causes disproportionality in regard to over-identification?
Bias, poverty, access gaps, cultural mismatch.
PASA = alternate assessment for significant cognitive disabilities. (1%)
PSSA= "All" students 3, 5, 8 grade
Give an example of an SLD Categorye
examples:
Reading Fluency, Written Expression.
What does an evaluation report identify?
Eligibility, disability, present levels, needs.
What are the three levels of support a student can receive? Compare them.
Itinerant <20%
Supplemental 20-80%
Full Time >80%
What is the two-prong test?
Disability + need for specially designed instruction.
How often are students re-evaluated? (This is a trick question because there are two answers, name both!)
Autism/Intellectual Disability- every 2 years
All other classifications every 3 years
Give an SDI for a student with slow processing speed
Extended time/wait time extended
A student shows inconsistent benchmark scores but stable progress-monitoring data. Which holds more weight and why?
Progress monitoring
Discuss Accommodation vs Modification
How they learn (Accommodation)
What they learn (Modfication)
Discuss RTI vs Discrepancy model of evaluation
RTI = response to interventions; DM = IQ/achievement gap.
What happens when a parent disagrees with an evaluation finding?
Request IEE
Due Process
Discuss how SDIs are chosen for a student.
Based on data and student needs in present levels.
Compare Formative and Summative Assessments
Formative = ongoing; Summative = end-of-unit.
What goes in the Transition portion of the IEP? (3 areas)
Post Secondary Education/Training
Employment
Independent Living
Define over-representation (in your own words)
A group placed in special ed at higher-than-expected rates.
Discuss the timelines of the following:
Permission to Evaluation
Evaluation Report provided to parents
IEP meeting following Evaluation Report Meeting
Permission to Evaluation--- 10 days
Evaluation Report provided to parents---60 days
IEP meeting following Evaluation Report Meeting--- 10 days
Explain why relying solely on summative assessments can mislead decision-making in special education eligibility. Provide an example.
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