standardized testing
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Curriculum Based Assessments
Most testing for IEPs involves standardized testing. As I wrote in a previous post, this is important testing but is not sufficient. A major focus of special education is to make the general education accessible as possible. Hence, curriculum based testing is an important complement to the standardized based testing. For example, the KeyMath3 assessment…
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Making Sense of Testing
Testing (results shown on the Present Levels of Performance page shown below) is often confusing for parents, especially in regards to math. The results are often reported in broad terms, e.g. computation or IQ. Here is an analogy for the testing (in terms usefulness for determining instruction, performance and achievement). We go to the DMV…