Impact assessment

as follows: (a) How do first-grade students perform on standardized testing when the core curriculum is replaced with a direct instruction program? (b) How does the use of a DI program prepare first-grade students for the rigor of standardized assessments? (c) Lastly, how will baselines be determined and how do teachers monitor academic progress? Ultimately, leading to the following central question: How does a year-long implementation of direct instruction (DI) programs in…

isn’t possible for “one size” to fit everyone. For this reason, we don’t rely on one person to make every educational decision, one assessment to determine the appropriate services, or one teaching strategy to reach every student. This is an important concept to remember each and every day. 2. The child must always be the center of focus. Quantitative data (assessment scores) should never be the only factor in the decision-making process. 3. Under IDEA, there are 13 categories of disabilities.…

Course Name Major Themes/Big Ideas Personal Impact on Knowledge/Beliefs/Practice Diversity and Global Education Cultural insensitivity, diverse families, poverty in USA, diversity in schools, the impact of violence in students, diverse religions, multicultural learners, and text analysis. The class was not part of the TESOL program. I took it as an elective, since I had the ESOL endorsement. One thing that impacted me was learning how poverty affects students in a myriad of ways, even before…

uses needs assessment methods to understand and address the variables that influence organizational performance. AOP was codified as a process in 1990, with the publication of Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart by Geary Rummler and Alan Brache. This framework emerged from decades of work by the authors in the Performance Improvement field and the Programmed Instruction movement of the 1960s (West, 2016, p. 41). A system approach to needs assessment,…

In the article, Do we need an assessment overhaul? Jay McTighe discusses how assessment in the United States is deeply flawed and needs to be changed. In 2011 when McTighe wrote the article, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was in its tenth year. NCLB is a federal statute that has required annual state testing in order to determine the success of local schools. The scores for each school are then published which was supposed to lead to heightened accountability between schools and districts and show…

Explore assessment in clinical practice. What is available? Why is it important? Focus on general aspects rather than focusing on one or two specific diagnoses. Assessment in clinical practice is a crucial first step towards making a diagnosis. A mental health professional is able to use a variety of assessment tools to carry out a complete psychological assessment and provide an enhanced picture of the patient (Kring et al., 2014). This essay will explore two assessment measures used in…

Discussion of my own values and conclusions. Feedback on the merit of the argument, and ways it might be enhanced academically. Assessment of whether the argument is correct or incorrect, since that would be my own interpretation only. Articulation of how I believe the work is value-laden, if the values concerned are not specifically identified and the possibility of different approaches…

not relaxed then not performing as well seems to be quite possible. The 400% increase in participants who don’t feel stress in the math classroom after the action implementation shows me the impact of removing a grade. I enjoyed seeing students being able to focus during assessments and not squirming in the chair and asking questions on how to complete a particular task. When the students were presented with a task that they were not real comfortable with or did not understand proficiently…

issues concerning instruction, assessment and classification of ELL students for educators, administrators and school psychologists. It is also imperative to note that English language proficiency assessments play a vital role in the life of an ELL…

an intervention program that can be followed by others reinforcing phonemic awareness in the classroom. This teacher acknowledged that the student does have an attention distraction problem but has found no reason for further recommendation for assessments. She also acknowledges that the student has reached the grade level benchmark according to the Reading First program (administered by the New york City Department of Education). What should be made mentioned is the recommendations of “Thomas…