SPED 515 - Assessment for Special Needs 3 s.h.

Assessment for teaching learners with special needs includes monitoring progress in the NYS learning standards, developing appropriate objectives and goals in the context of Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) and Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA) and progress monitoring. Primary emphasis is on curriculum based measures, creating probes across the NYS Learning Standards’ content areas, charting/graphing results, and making instructional decisions based on learner data. Secondary topics include a review of standardized diagnostic and achievement tests. A-E Only.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status in SPAD, SPCD, SPEC.