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Assessment: Student Prompts/Teacher Directions
1) Individual: Test the Rest (Benchmark Assignment)
a) General practicum information:
i) Students� practicum experiences should follow the practicum experience requirements, including the diversity and hour requirements for this course on the practicum placement forms.
ii) Students should fill out the practicum placement and observation log forms, found in the practicum manual. Complete the forms with the names of the schools and grade levels where the observations took place and document the hours spent in the classroom. Submit the forms to the course instructor along with your Benchmark Assessment.
iii) Spend 20 hours in the practicum experience for this course. Before beginning the assignment, you must first identify students with one or more of the following disabilities: learning disability, emotional disability, physical impairment, health impairment, and/or intellectual disability.
iv) Identify two students for this assignment:
(1) One student in early childhood special education.
(2) One secondary student who is beginning the process of transitioning, but who does not yet have a transition plan in place.
v) Obtain parental permission, in writing, that it is permissible for you to observe the student being tested. You must also obtain permission from the parent to observe the writing of the psycho-educational report that will be written from the testing results.
b) Benchmark Assessment
i) Write two 1000-1250 word case studies, one on each of the two students selected for this assignment, a student in early childhood special education and a secondary student who is beginning the process of transitioning, but who does not yet have a transition plan in place. Do not use the student�s name in the case study. Follow the directions provided below for each student:
(1) Case Study 1: Student in Early Childhood Special Education
(a) After obtaining permission from the student�s parent(s), observe the assessment of a student with a disability, and answer the following questions in your case study:
(i) Which assessment was given?
(ii) What is the purpose of this assessment?
(iii) What are the reliability and validity percentages of this assessment?
(iv) How do the results of this assessment determine/influence instructional practice?
(v) What are some of the protocol rules you observed (e.g., Can the assessor offer cues? Is the assessment timed?).
(b) After obtaining permission from the student�s parent(s), observe the assessor writing up the student�s psycho-educational report, and answer the following questions. Do not submit a copy of the student�s psycho-educational report with your final assignment.
(i) Which scores were purported in this report?
(ii) What type of background information was used in this report (e.g., developmental history, significant historical events that impacted the ability to develop/learn)?
(iii) What accommodations/modifications were proposed for teachers?
(iv) What other information was important/informative in this report in terms of instructional, behavior, and/or social implications?
(c) Use standard essay format in APA style, including an introduction, conclusion, and title page. An abstract is not required. Cite in-text and in the References section.
(2) Case Study 2: Student in the Process of Transitioning
(a) After obtaining permission from the student�s parent(s), attend a transition assessment of this student (who is having a transition plan done). Answer the following questions in your case study:
(i) Which assessment was given?
(ii) What is the purpose of this assessment?
(iii) What are the reliability and validity percentages of this assessment?
(iv) How do the results of this assessment determine/influence decisions with regard to transition?
(v) What are some of the protocol rules you observed (e.g., Can the assessor offer cues? Is the assessment timed?).
(b) After obtaining permission from the student�s parent(s), attend the transition meeting for this student, and answer the following questions in your case study:
(i) Who attended the meeting?
(ii) What was the purpose of the meeting?
(iii) How did the assessment results drive decisions with regard to transition?
(c) Use standard essay format in APA style, including an introduction, conclusion, and title page. An abstract is not required. Cite in-text and in the References section.
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