Description
This course is designed to provide knowledge regarding screening and assessment procedures and processes utilized in making decisions for struggling readers. This course assists candidates in understanding screening, test construction, statistics commonly used in assessment, progress-monitoring, curriculum-based measures (CBMs), informal diagnostic surveys, and communicating educational assessment data. A field experience with a struggling reader is an integral part the coursework to practice administering diagnostic surveys often used with struggling readers, including students with dyslexia. This course covers Standard 3: Assessment of the International Dyslexia Association Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading and Standard 5: Professional Dispositions and Practices. Standard 5 delineates ethical standards for the profession.