SPED 412 - Assessmnt for Mild/Mod Disablt

Institution:

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Special Education

Description:

This course prepares teacher candidates to develop competencies for administration, scoring and interpretation of formal assessment devices typically used in educational evaluations. Teacher candidates acquire knowledge of the process of how to select formal assessment tools in terms of reliability, validity and norm populations, and learn about integrated systems of assessment and data collection for identification of students struggling to meet academic and behavioral expectations. Teacher candidates will learn the role of educational evaluations in developing Individual Education Programs (IEP) for students in need of support in the general education curriculum. Teacher candidates learn how to collaborate with parents and include them as equal partners in the assessment process.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Act 34, 151, 114 clearances; admission to Advanced Professional Studies; Professional Bloc I courses of ERCH 421, SPED 321, SPED 341.

Corequisites:

Strand II: SPED 442, SPED 452, SPED 453, SPED 454.

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Offered in fall, spring.

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.millersville.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 872-3024

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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