Textbook1. Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach

Read chapters 3 and 5 in Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach.
http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2012/assessment-in-special-education_a-practical-approach_ebook_4e.php

Electronic Resource1. Understanding Test Scores

Read "Understanding Test Scores," located on the School Psychologist Files website.
http://schoolpsychologistfiles.com/testscores/

2. Evaluation and Eligibility: Processes and Procedures: From Referral to Determination of Eligibility

Read "Evaluation and Eligibility: Processes and Procedures: From Referral to Determination of Eligibility," located on the Kyrene School District website.

http://www.kyrene.org/cms/lib2/AZ01001083/Centricity/Domain/311/AZ-TASEvaluation.pdf

Additional Material1. Clinical Field Experience Handbook

Review the "Clinical Field Experience Handbook," for information on fulfilling your field experience requirements throughout your program.
MasterSpecEdClinFieldExpHandbook.docx

2. Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) Case Study
Read the "MET Case Study."
MET team case study.docx

3. Completing the Clinical Field Verification Form

Refer to the attached document for further instructions regarding the completion of your Clinical Field Experience Verification form in Taskstream. The Clinical Field Experience Verification form will be used to document the hours and locations that you spend in the field throughout this course.

Completing Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.docx

Assignments Clinical Field Experience A: Understanding Pre-Referral Assessments - The Classroom Teacher and RTI

Allocate 2 hours to complete this part of the clinical field experience.Interview a certified K-12 classroom teacher about pre-referral assessments and his or her role in the response to intervention (RTI) process. Your interview should address the following prompts:

The criteria and distinguishing factors of RTI level one, RTI level two, and RTI level three;

Examples of and how RTI level one, RTI level two, and RTI level three are administered to students;

How the classroom teacher records and interprets information from the RTIs;

How the RTI information is used in making eligibility, program and placement decisions for individuals with exceptionalities; and Strategies in communicating RTI results to various stakeholders.

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your interview.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Professional Development Presentation: Descriptive Statistics

Create a PowerPoint, to be used for professional development, which creatively and accurately explains the dimensions of descriptive statistics. Your PowerPoint should have a minimum of 20 slides, including the introduction and reference slides. Along with the slides, include presenter notes within your PowerPoint that scripts your presentation with details. With your presentation, explain each of the following:

1.Reliability
2. Validity
3. Bell curve
4. Mean
5. Standard deviation
6. Standard scores
7. Scaled scores
8. T-Scores
9. Percentiles

Your presentation should also include visual depictions of sample statistics through graphs, tables, scatter plots, advanced organizers, etc. for each item listed above. Prepare this assignment according the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Discussion Questions Topic 2 DQ 1- word count 200

When disseminating student test results to parents and staff, how much information is necessary to share? How do you share said information to those who may not understand statistical analysis?

Topic2 DQ 2- word count 200

Explain the importance of possessing a working knowledge of statistics as a special educator. If you do not understand statistics, what are some problems you might encounter as a special educator?