SPED 8303 - Literacy Assessment that Informs Instruction

3 cr.

The purpose of this course is to provide training in several areas of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) including Oral Reading Fluency (R-CBM), DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators or Basic Literacy Skills) and Curriculum Based Evaluations (CBE) designed to assess literacy achievement. This course provides professionals the necessary knowledge and skill to use these assessments to (a) identify academic skill deficits of individual students, (b) develop academic goals and intervention plans, and (c) monitor and evaluate student progress toward academic goals. Also candidates are introduced to the use of Curriculum-Based Assessment within school wide Reading Improvement and Response to Intervention Models.

Prerequisite(s): An initial teaching license.