SED 370 ED LAB EXPERIENCE AND ASSESSMENT REPORT Dr. Steele

Students in this course will be required to:

1. Observe a child in various settings on campus (in schools)

2. Review available records maintaining confidentiality

3. Talk with appropriate Ed Lab personnel and parents (teachers)

4. Administer and score a battery of tests including:

a. Intellectual assessment

b. Reading, early reading, or functional reading test

c. Mathematics, early math, or functional math test

d. Learning skills, adaptive behavior, or behavioral/emotional test

e. Achievement, language, writing, early childhood, occupational or functional skills test

5. Construct, administer, and interpret an informal test; specify grade level, content area, and objectives from the standard or adapted course of study

6. Design and conduct a performance-based assessment of progress; specify goal, objectives, activities, strategies, evaluation, and results

7. Write a brief letter to parents (teachers) summarizing results and conduct a parent (teacher) conference

8. Write an assessment report including the following information:

name, date, birth date, age, grade

list of tests administered

background information

behavior

test results and interpretation

discussion of instructional session

summary and conclusions

recommendations

appendix -- tests, informal assessments