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This assignment assesses your ability to evaluate the purpose, merits, and limitations of the various types of assessments that are used to guide the planning and development of the IEP. This assessment also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcomes 1, 2, and 8 and the MASE Program Learning Outcomes 5 and 6. <\/p>\n
Helping families understand how to interpret the assessments that are used to discover students’ learning profiles is a key function of your job. There are many technical terms associated with testing and assessment that can seem incomprehensible, intimidating, and unfriendly to parents and others who do not have training in this field. In addition, the reasons you choose and use particular assessments must be transparent to families. For example, you will need to be able to explain why the assessments you have chosen are culturally and linguistically fair for the student who is being assessed and evaluated. This includes both formal and informal assessments, but is particularly important when choosing standardized assessments. In other words, you must be able to justify why your method of assessment is both valid and reliable, given the cultural and linguistic background of the student you are assessing. <\/p>\n
Using support from the required readings, the Instructor Guidance, the supplemental information derived from the discussions, and information from the scenario below, create a three-page handout for Manuel’s parents to help them understand the assessments that you will be using to assess Manuel. Include information describing why the assessments you chose are designed to be culturally and linguistically fair. <\/p>\n
Scenario: <\/strong>Manuel\u2019s records have finally arrived at the school. Included are his past attendance records, prior teacher reports and referrals, medical history from the nurse\u2019s office, prior academic achievement, and standardized state and district test scores. It seems that Manuel was also struggling academically at his past school, especially in classes that require heavy reading and writing, such as English and Social Studies, and you learn that he had a reading tutor from first through fourth grade. You also notice that he seems to have done consistently better in his Math classes there as well. You and Mr. Franklin have already spoken to his other teachers and his parents regarding your concerns and everyone, including Manuel’s parents, agrees that something needs to be done. His mother is concerned that being labeled as \u201cLearning Disabled\u201d will cause him embarrassment while, his father, who is an engineer, feels that his son\u2019s talents are not being fully expressed. <\/p>\n They go on to explain that although Manuel is fluent in English, prior to moving to his new school, their community was predominately Hispanic and Spanish-speaking and he is bilingual in both English and Spanish. They have heard that the assessments you will use to evaluate his ability will not take this potential language and culture barrier into account. <\/p>\n You decide to create a document for Manuel’s parents to help them understand the difference between informal and formal assessments, how using both types of assessment is known to mitigate bias, the purposes, merits and limitations of standardized assessments, and the how the statistical results from assessments are used in the planning and development of an IEP.<\/p>\n Instructions: <\/strong> Content Expectations:<\/strong> Written Expectations:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Use the instructions below for the content and written communication expectations. Before submission, review your assignment using the Grading Rubric<\/strong> to ensure it meets the expectations for distinguished performance. If you have questions about the assignment or the rubric, please contact your instructor using the \u201cAsk Your Instructor<\/strong>\u201d discussion before the due date. <\/p>\n
Using MS Word, create a three-page handout for Manuel\u2019s parents with the following information:<\/p>\n\n
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