Self-paced

Student Assessment

How to evaluate your students’ progress using data collection systems and how to incorporate the data into current assessment processes.

Student Assessment is made up of 4 videos which will discuss the importance of using a combination of assessments when assessing students with visual impairments. Also discussed, is how to evaluate your students’ progress using data collection systems and how to incorporate the data into current assessment processes.

Participants will earn 4.0 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits by completing the tutorial and taking an online assessment. Or watch the Playlist at no cost.

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This is a web-based, self-guided professional development activity for TVIs, VRTs, O&Ms, Parents, Teachers of the Deafblind or Severely Impaired, and Rehabilitation Specialists. ACVREP has approved this course for Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialists for People with Visual Impairments (CATIS).

 

Learning Goals and Objectives
Participants will:

  • Identify the importance of using a combination of assessments: Functional Vision Assessment (FVA), Learning Media Assessment (LMA) and the Expanded Core Curriculum when assessing students with visual impairments.
  • Identify why data should be taken.
  • Determine what to take data on.
  • Determine when and how data should be taken.
  • Identify the components needed to create an effective data sheet.
  • Summarize data.
  • Use data to make program decisions and to report on IEP progress.
  • Apply effective teaching strategies.
  • Identify and explain the purposes of assessment tools for literacy support.
  • Locate the “Guidelines for the Provision of Accessible Instructional Materials” for their state or district.
  • Name 4 major decision points for determining specialized formats for an individual student.
  • Explain the role of Assistive Technology within the Expanded Core Curriculum.
Disclosure:

Upon successful completion of the test, you will earn 10.0 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits (your choice). You will be able to print a signed Perkins certificate demonstrating that you earned the credits.

Instructions on how to enroll in the tutorial and take the online test will be emailed to you after you have successfully registered. Perkins eLearning profiles are unique to the learning platform, and separate from any other username/password you have with Perkins. If you already have a user profile for the learning platform, you will use that existing profile to access the tutorial.

Level:
Introductory
Length:
Multiple days
Credits:
4 Continuing Education
4 Professional Development
4 ACVREP
4 CTLE

Evaluate your students’ progress using data collection systems and incorporate the data into current assessment processes