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Definition of “assessment”
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a process that involves collecting information about a student for the purpose of making decisions
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The purposes of assessment
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- Evaluation decisions - information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information of a student’s strengths, weaknesses, and overall progress
- Diagnostic decisions - information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information of the specific nature of the student’s problems or disability
- Eligibility and diagnosis decisions - information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information on whether a child is eligible for SPED services
- IEP development decisions - information collection in the assessment process can provide detailed information so that an IEP may be developed
- Educational placement decisions - information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information so that appropriate decisions may be made about the child’s educational placement
- Instructional planning decisions - information collected in the assessment process is critical in planning instruction appropriate to the child’s special social, academic, physical, and management needs
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The nine steps in the assessment process
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- Identification of children: child find > referral or request for evaluation
- Full and individual evaluation of the child by a multidisciplinary team
- Determination of eligibility for special education
- Scheduling an IEP meeting
- Holding the IEP meeting and then writing the IEP
- Providing special education and related services to the student
- Progress monitoring
- IEP is reviewed
- Child is reevaluated
