Chapter 1: Introduction to Assessment

Question 1

Assessment in special education

Answer 1

is a process that involves collecting information about a student for the purpose of making decisions. It involves gathering information about a student’s strengths and needs in all areas of concern. Assessment includes many formal and informal methods of evaluating students progress and behavior. Clearly, gathering information about a student using a variety of techniques and information sources should shed considerable light on strengths and needs, the nature of a suspected disability and its effect in educational performance, and realistic and appropriate instructional goals and objectives.

Question 2

Purpose of assessment

Answer 2

Assessment takes place when students experience difficulty meeting the demands of the general education curriculum and are referred for consideration for special education services. Assessment should be an active, ongoing process that has a clearly specified purpose.

Question 3

Assessment steps

Answer 3

1. Identification of children
2. Full an Individual Evaluation of the Child by a Multidisciplinary Team
3. Determination of Eligibility for Special Education
4. Scheduling an IEP Meeting
5. Holding the IEP Meeting and Then Writing the IEP
6. Providing Special Education and Related Services to the Student
7. Progress Monitoring
8. IEP is Reviewed
9. Child is Reevaluated