Monitoring Student Growth: Reading Assessment and Data Interpretation

Graduate-Level Credit / Non-Credit Hours
3 Semester Credits or 45 Clock Hours

Course Description
This course is designed to enhance a participant’s knowledge of reading assessment and data interpretation grades K-12.  Focus will be on scientifically based research and the cycle of decision making for classroom teachers. This course prepares teachers by providing them with the essential elements needed to interpret reading assessment and data to monitor student growth and guide instruction.

Global Goals of the Course
To deepen and/or apply the content and skills of the teacher’s existing professional knowledge base by meeting the following global goals of this course: 

1. To understand the educational implications of reading assessment and corresponding data interpretation to monitor student growth (NBPTS 1,2,3) (InTASC 1,2,4,5,6,7,8) (IRA 1,3)
2. To compare, contrast, and analyze informal assessments of reading (NBPTS 1,2,3) (InTASC 4,5,6,7,8) (IRA 1,3)
3. To compare, contrast, and analyze formal assessments of reading (NBPTS 1,2,3) (InTASC 4,5,6,7,8) (IRA 1,3)
4. To determine importance in reading assessment data (NBPTS 1,2,3) (InTASC 1,2,4,6,7) (IRA 1,3)
5. To evaluate progress monitoring data in respect to instruction  (NBPTS 1,2,3,4) (InTASC 1,2,4,6,7) (IRA 1,3)
6. To formulate a yearlong assessment plan (NBPTS 1,2,3,4,5) (InTASC 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) (IRA 1,3)

• Self-Paced 0
• Structured 0
• Site Based 0
• Interactive 0