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Assignment Task Part 2

In 125 word response to each colleague do the following

1. Examine the answers posted by your colleagues. Indicate correct answers and address incorrect ones. Reveal the assessment you had selected, and explain why this is the best one for this scenario.

2. Be a critical friend and provide feedback to two of your colleagues on their scenarios. Was there any confusing language? What could have made the scenario clearer and provide needed information? Are there any errors that need to be addressed?

Colleague Responses

Katheryn Gonzales 

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Assessment data is used for many different reasons in education to plan instruction and identify students who may have special needs or need particular interventions. Assessment data can be used to monitor progress and document Response to Intervention progress (Banergee & Luckner, 2013). Assessments can offer teachers, speech therapists, special educators, physical therapists, and parents valuable information as they plan ways to assist students in achieving academic goals.

Scenario:

Khalil is a five-year-old boy who attends a Title 1 school. He came to kindergarten with no prior preschool or pre-kindergarten experience. Khalil is a charming and sensitive boy. He loves music, and he is always smiling. Khalil’s teacher noticed that when asked to sit for circle time, Khalil could not sit with his legs crisscrossed. He would try to sit as the other students, but he struggled to figure out how to crisscross his legs. Khalil’s teacher would have to move his legs to show him how they should look. During circle time, Khalil is very interested in storytime. However, he cannot keep his body still even though he appears engaged in the story. During handwriting practice, Khalil struggles to hold a pencil and is not writing on the lines, and is unable to form letters correctly but can describe precisely how the letter should be written. For example, when writing the lowercase a, he might say, “circle back around, push up, pull down.” Khalil is also remarkably absent-minded at times. Khalil’s teacher is concerned with his ability to follow one or two-step directions. What assessment can the teacher perform to decide what interventions Khalil will need to support him in the classroom?

 

Reference

Banerjee, R., & Luckner, J. (2013). Assessment Practices and Training Needs of Early

Childhood Professionals. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 34(3), 231–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2013.816808

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Kelli Barnes 

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While assessments have and will always be a prominent component of the eucation system , assessments are not always a one-size-fits all.   However, teachers do get caught in redundant trap of conforming to state mandates and overlooking what is best for each indidivual learner.  For this week's discussion, I enjoyed reading an article that coinsided with my scenario perfectly.  Unfortunately, we have students across the large learning spectrum and every assessment does not accomodate each child.  Thus assessments such as stadardized state tests within the intellectually disabled community do not report reliable and responsible data anmore institutions are implementing individualized assessments. 

Scenario

Anthony, 6 years old, is a male student at a non-Title 1 elementary school.  He is curerntly in Kindergarten for the second time, as he was retained last year. He is caring and loves to ask questions.   He is engaged during story time and loves math!  Math is most certainly his stronger area.   Anthony continues to struggle with recognizing basic sight words and making words withs letters.  Although his previous teacher and the teacher he has this year have implemented several interventions for Anthony to learn letters, their sounds, and begin recognition of some sight words, he does not seem to retain this information.  Anthony is basent a lot which also creates a challenge with his retition of words.  He is currently reading on a level B (Grade level expectations are level D by May).  He knows all letters and most sounds, and 36 sight words.  Other than a running record ( what  has been used), what assessment could Anthony's teachers use that would provide additional data that would support his learning disability?

Reference

Howlin, P.(2013). Authentic assessment for early childhood intervention. Best practices.https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=85431231&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authty

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