Module 6

Diagnostics and Assessment

Description

This module focuses on the role of the teacher in determining student progress and in following up with new teaching approaches for those children who need re-teaching or additional practice. Participants will learn to select important objectives, to develop observation and assessment techniques, and to prepare children for high stakes tests.

Reading Assignment

Measuring Success: Using Assessments and Accountability to Raise Student Achievements, by G. Reid Lyon, Report to the Congressional Subcommittee on Education Reform, March 8, 2001

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Executive Summary, by Snow, C. E., M. S. Burns, P. Griffin, National Research Council, 2001

(Optional) Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, by Snow, C. E., M. S. Burns, P. Griffin, National Research Council, 2001

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