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2. 74.305 Introduction to Instructional Methods for the Deaf/HH Assessing the skills/abilities of Deaf/HH Students Dr. Slike

3. Purpose of Testing What is the students current functioning level in basic skill? What are the students specific skill deficiencies? What are the students strengths? What and how shall the student be taught? How well is the student progressing?

4. 4 Levels of Assessment Procedures Screening Students Classifying and Placing Students Educational Programming Measuring Student Progress

5. Assessments Receptive Language Boehm – concepts Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Test of Syntactic Ability Expressive Language Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test Test of Problem Solving Tests Normed on Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language Test of Expressive Language Ability Carolina Picture Vocabulary Test (CPVT) http://clerccenter.gallaudet. edu/Products/Sharing- Ideas/CI/resources.html - tools

6. Statistics Understanding Tests and Measurements for the Parent and Advocate http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/ assessment/tests_measurements.ht ml http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/ assessment/tests_measurements.ht ml

7. Language Receptive Language Expressive Language Website: http://members.tripod.com/Caroline _Bowen/devel2.htm http://members.tripod.com/Caroline _Bowen/devel2.htm

8. Auditory development Awareness Recognition Comprehension Website: http://www.oraldeafed.org/schools/ elizabeth/ed-auditory.html http://www.oraldeafed.org/schools/ elizabeth/ed-auditory.html

9. Classroom Management Classroom Acoustics Noise Level Seating arrangements Classroom surfaces Teacher to Child Communication Childs Communication/Participation

10. Types of Assessments Norm-Referenced vs. Criterion Referenced Measures http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/ assess/purposes.html http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/ assess/purposes.html Curriculum Based http://www.emstac.org/registered/topics/cba http://www.emstac.org/registered/topics/cba Alternative/Performance Based http://www.emtech.net/Alternative_Assessment. html http://www.emtech.net/Alternative_Assessment. html Portfolios http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~elc/portfolio.html http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~elc/portfolio.html