SPE/574: Characteristics Of Intellectual/developmental Disabilities

Wk 2 Team – Assessment Resource [due Mon]

Assignment Content

1. 
   
   Your learning team is a group of special education teachers that belong to a professional learning community (PLC) in a large school district. Your PLC meets regularly to share expertise and to collaborate to improve teaching skills and promote learning and growth for the exceptional learners you teach. The PLC has elected to focus on the assessment and evaluation process for exceptional learners, specifically those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2. As a collaborative team, your PLC will review the assessment regulations and guidelines, a variety of assessment types, and the best environment and conditions for optimal performance. The school administrator has requested you compile your research and recommendations into a resource to share at an upcoming professional development day.

3. • Multidisciplinary assessments used for determining eligibility
   • Description of optimal classroom environment and testing conditions
   • Explanation of formal and informal assessments that may be used for guiding instruction