Educational assessment and evaluation

appropriate coverage to teach English at the student’s grade level (Consent Decree, n.d.). As a result of the Consent Decree, school districts are also required to use valid tests, evaluation materials, and provide the use of the language of the ELL student when following the procedures for identification, assessment, and…

subject that will take them nowhere with their desired career. The main idea of our education system is that kids should be able to choose what they learn in order to work toward their dream job. Today, however, students have been stripped of their educational freedom and stuck in many classes they have absolutely no interest in. An ideal education system in our country would consist of a…

The title of the test in review is the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Fourth Edition, also known as the TONI-4. Linda Brown, Rita J. Sherbenou and Susan K. Johnsen originally wrote the test. The test is currently published by PRO-ED, which is located at 8700 Shoal Creek Boulevard in Austin, Texas. The company’s website is www.proedinc.com. It is recommended that the testing process take approximately 15 minutes, although, there is no specific time limit for test takers to respond during the…

into the University Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic (USLHC) for a fluency evaluation in 2012. Parental concerns arose when Ninja began stuttering while attending pre-kindergarten at the early age of four. Parents report that after stuttering was first noticed, his stuttering remained constant. Additionally, parents indicated that stuttering was present in the maternal side of the family. Prior to the fluency evaluation by USLHC, there was not any speech and language therapy provided. Parents…

teachers, counselors, school nurses and administrators can refer a child for a special education evaluation. Parents and guardians can also initiate this referral which immediately begins the formal determination process. If a request is received from a parent or guardian, please notify the school administration and special…

decisions and policies, and make schools more accountable (Gertler, Patrinos, & Rubio-Codina, 2012). In essence, parents are able to use their skills to beautify the program, purchase materials needed, and volunteer in classrooms. Curriculum and Assessments-Maria In Mexico, the government supplies free textbooks to students in the primary grades only. Thereafter, the government expects parents to pay for their child’s books.…

Education in values is considered too abstract for students; theoretical and difficult concepts that often remain in the good intentions of the educational team, but which in general, have little influence into the student, precisely for its abstraction. However, for many years, especially in the centennial Universities of the United Kingdom, character education has definitive effects on students. Also in the USA, the well-known chain of KIPP schools, with unprecedented success rates wherever…

Introduction Assessment is the topic of domain four. It is significance that teachers should include an assessment criteria in their lesson plans. It is so because it reflects a real picture about students’ understanding and, in addition to that, it gives the teachers an authentic result which measures their teaching methods aptitudes inside classrooms. Thus, I am inquisitively wondering: what is assessment? Why is it important? How to do assessment? I find that assessment is defined by…

During the course of analyzing this periodonatal disease case, I learned many things about myself, as a clinician. For starters, my educational and motivational methods need to be evaluated. Patient education is one of the most important aspects of an appointment, in my opinion. I pride myself on providing the most education and instruction I can during a visit. It is my goal to give patients something they will remember every time they are brushing their teeth, or forgetting to. However, I am…

constitution include creating a government, defining its power, and protecting its people. Constitutional law is the interpretation and implementation of both the federal and state constitutions; in addition, it is the foundation of the nation’s current educational system, creating a legal chain of power and responsibility to educate the nation’s youth. Following the delegation of education by the U.S. Constitution to the state governments, the Texas Constitution of 1876 named the state’s…