Assessment for Students with Severe and Persistent Academic and Behavior Difficulties

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

This course focuses on the diagnosis and evaluation of students with severe and persistent academic and behavior difficulties using a variety of developmentally appropriate curriculum based measurements, criterion-referenced, and norm-referenced tests in the academic and vocational subject areas. Emphasis is on the interpretation of information from assessments into Individualized Education Program annual goals and objectives and instructional programming strategies. Specific considerations is given to the reporting of assessment information to parents, teachers and other support personnel to determine appropriate placement levels within the continuum of services. [3]