EDU-511E: Assessment of Reading for Early Childhood Educators

This course is designed to assist pre-service and in-service teachers in becoming proficient consumers and users of classroom-based assessments and assessment data. Instruction will focus on building knowledge of the purposes of assessment, types of assessment tools, how to administer and use several valid, reliable, well-researched formal and informal assessments of reading and related skills, how to effectively interpret the results of assessments, and how to communicate assessments results in a variety of contexts. Participants will work with an individual struggling reader to show that they can use assessment data based on the components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) to guide instructional decisions. Throughout the course, participants will demonstrate their knowledge by selecting, administering, and/or interpreting assessments appropriate for screening, progress monitoring, diagnosing, and outcomes measurement. Course assessments will be applicable to all students of diverse ages and abilities. [ 3 credits ]