EDUC 246 — Assessment for Reading Instruction
(formerly ED 217) Assists pre-service and in-service teachers in becoming proficient consumers and users of classroom-based assessments and assessment data. Instruction focuses on the purposes of assessment, types of assessment tools, administration and use of several valid, reliable, well-researched formal and informal assessments of reading and related skills, effective interpretation of assessments results, and communication of assessments results in a variety of contexts. Participants will show that they can use assessment data to guide instructional decisions. Participants will demonstrate their abilities by selecting, administering, and/or interpreting assessments appropriate for screening, diagnosis, monitoring of progress, and measurement of outcomes.