Evaluating Student Learning

Week 12  Evaluating Student Learning

Students with learning disabilities may need accommodations before, during and after the test in order to evaluate appropriately.

Accommodations before the test include things like study guides, practice tests, and teaching them test-taking skills and strategies.  During a test, there are things like giving them alternative questions, an alternative test site, or doing things like reading the question aloud to them.  After the test, written comments in place of a letter or number grade, changing the grading criteria to give them a score based on things like improvement, or changing the grades to pass/fail grades or checklists can more appropriately show where the student is.  Instead of report-card grading, rubrics or differentiated report cards that show individualized progression toward IEPs can better assess the progress of a special needs child.