| Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/27/01 | |||
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| EDU223AF 20022-20025 | L+L | 3 Credit(s) | 5 Period(s) |
| Assessment in Special Education | |||
| Investigation into the concepts, laws, issues, and procedures that relate to the formal and informal assessment of students with disabilities. Includes field-based experience in assessing students with mild/moderate mental retardation, learning disabilities, or emotional disabilities in the classroom both individually and as a member of an assessment team. Prerequisites: (EDU223AA, or EDU223AB, or EDU223AC, or EDU223AD) and (EDU226, or EDU226AA, or EDU226AB, or EDU226AC). | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Competencies: | |
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| EDU223AF 20022-20025 | Assessment in Special Education |
| 1. | Explain the purpose of assessing students with disabilities. (I) |
| 2. | Identify and explain laws and issues relating to assessment of students with disabilities. (II) |
| 3. | Use a basic knowledge of statistical concepts in interpreting information from standardized assessments. (III) |
| 4. | Cite and evaluate the most widely accepted educational achievement tests for students with disabilities. (IV) |
| 5. | Identify and analyze standardized diagnostic tests for students with disabilities. (V) |
| 6. | Integrate standard informal assessment techniques for students with disabilities into professional practice as an educator. (VI) |
| 7. | Cite and evaluate accepted behavior assessment techniques for students with disabilities. (VII) |
| 8. | Cite and evaluate measures of intelligence and adaptive behavior. (VIII) |
| 9. | Identify and analyze techniques for assessing language, visual and auditory perception, and visual-motor integration. (IX) |
| MCCCD Official Course Outline: | |
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| EDU223AF 20022-20025 | Assessment in Special Education |
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