LibGuides: MMS617 v2: Module 1

Module 1 Required Resources

Owiny, R. L., & Cornelius, K. (2023). The practical guide to high-leverage practices in special education: The purposeful “how” to enhance classroom rigor. Routledge. The Practical Guide to High-Leverage Practices in Special Education: The Purposeful “How” to Enhance Classroom Rigor

Read Chapter 4
The chapter defines the elements of a comprehensive learner profile, considerations to the linguistic and cultural needs of students with disabilities, evidence-based strategies to draw on student’s strengths, and identifies formal and informal assessments to collect information.

Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Joint Committee on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the AERA, APA, and NCME. (2014). Standards for educational and psychological testing. American Educational Research Association.
A glossary of testing, measurement, and statistical terms used for standardized assessments.
Introduction to Assessment and Overview.
National Association of Special Education Teachers. (NASET). (n.d.). Introduction to assessment and overview.
https://www.naset.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Assessments/Intro_to_Assessment_Overview.pdf
The National Association of Special Education Teachers provides an overview of assessment and highlights important information all special education teachers should know.

High-leverage Practices in Special Education
McLeskey, J., Barringer, M. D., Billingsley, B., Brownell, M., Jackson, D., Kennedy, M., Lewis, T., Maheady, L., Rodriguez, J., Scheler, M.C., Winn, J., & Ziegler, D. (2017). High-leverage practices in special education. Assessment: Research synthesis. 41-55. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children & CEEDAR Center. https://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/high-leverage-practices/
The resources are designed to support and strengthen special educators understanding of the high-leverage practices (HLPs) of assessment for students with disabilities. HLPs are the basis of building a comprehensive student profile based on both strengths and needs to support students receiving special education services.

SPD Terminology Used in Assessment
SPD Terminology Used in Assessment: Table of Terminology with Video Links
This resource will provide basic statistical concepts and scoring terminology that are used in the assessment of students with disabilities.