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    September 16, 2008 (class #4)
    Topic: Classroom-based assessment: Criterion-referenced rubrics, rating scales, and checklists and curriculum-based assessment

    Class outline:
    4:20-4:30 Questions, quandaries, connundrums AND announcements:
    • Classroom/caseload learning objectives due today.
    • Your list of at least 5 diagnostic instruments that have been used with your students is due next week.
    • Person-first language is required on all assignments in Concentration I. You are also expected to use it in conversation in classes and at your school sites.
    4:30-5:00 Small group activity: 
    Compare the readings you divided among your group last week and figure out:
    • What are the principle characteristics of CBA's? What kinds of things could you measure using CBA with students with severe disabilities?
    • Share what you learned from the Pike & Saland and Tucker & Bakken articles?
    5:00-5:20 Report out
    5:20-5:30 Break
    5:30-6:45 Interactive presentation: criterion-referenced assessment
    6:45-6:50 Minute paper

    Overheads:

    • PowerPoint file


    Handouts:

      Criterion-referenced assessment
    • Curriculum-Based Assessment


    Assigned Readings:

    • Pike, K., & Salend, S. (1995). Authentic assessment strategies: Alternatives to norm-referenced testing. Teaching Exceptional Children, 28(1), 15-20.
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    • Tucker, D. L., & Bakken, J. P. (2000). How do your kids do at reading? And how do you assess them? Teaching Exceptional Children, 32(6), 14-19.

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    • AND
    Pick one from below:
  • Jones, C. J. (2001a). CBAs that work: Assessing students' math content-reading levels. Teaching Exceptional Children, 34(1), 24-28.
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  • Jones, C. J. (2001b). Teacher friendly curriculum-based assessment in spelling. Teaching Exceptional Children, 34(2), 32-38.
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  • Pemberton, J. B. (2003). Communicating academic progress as an integral part of assessment. Teaching Exceptional Children, 35(4), 16-20.
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    Additional Resources:

      • This is an excellent page on the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) website. The web site as a whole has many useful resources related to Universal Deisgn for Learning and this page in particualr has useful information comparing different types of curriculum-based evaluations (e.g. CBA, CBM, DIBELS), as well as links to other useful web pages: http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_curriculumbe.html
      • Check out the "rubric bank" from Chicago Public Schools: http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/rubric_bank.html
      • The Unviersity of Wisconsin-Stout also has a variety of sample rubrics: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml
      • This page on curriculum-based measurement from Special Connections provides a good overview: http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=assessment&section=main&subsection=cbm/usingcbm
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