TED 663 - Reading and Language Arts: Literacy Assessment

Units: 3
Build advanced knowledge / skills related to formal / informal literacy-based assessments. Emphasis on current research practice for assessing for specific purposes. Focus on writing a detailed professional diagnostic literacy report, clearly communicating assessment data. Course may be offered bilingually.

Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in Reading and Literacy or Reading and Literacy Added Authorization.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Select and administer appropriate assessments for specific purposes (e.g., screening, diagnosis, placement, and formative and summative progress monitoring), analyze and summarize assessment results, use results to guide instruction, and report the results in ways that are meaningful to parents, classroom teachers, and administrators;

2. Describe and execute the assessment and instructional cycle at the individual and classroom level, by using assessment results to monitor and evaluate student progress and plan evidence-based literacy instruction that is systematic, explicit, and differentiated to ensure that the full range of learners develop proficiency as quickly and efficiently as possible;

3. Interpret assessment results to recommend research-based instruction, intervention, or curriculum modification, to address the needs of diverse groups of learners, including those with below age- or grade-level language and literacy skills, dual language learners, gifted and talented students, and students with special needs;

4. Write a professional diagnostic report based on assessment data;

5. Explain research-based instructional practices in each component of literacy and the ability to assess, instruct, and provide intervention strategies for each component of literacy instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, oral language development, reading and listening comprehension, and vocabulary development, or writing.