EDU 621 - Literacy Assessment

This course will explore literacy development, focus on the use of assessments in determining struggling learners’ reading and writing skills, and analyze how areas of possible growth in the area of literacy may present in PreK-12 classrooms. Students will examine, create, evaluate and reflect on a variety of assessments as they are connected to data-driven instruction, monitoring learner progress, and learner literacy achievement. Through classwork and a required case study, students will become familiar with a range of assessments and how to use data from these assessments in developing lessons and activities for small group and individual instruction. Throughout the course, students will be engaged in the research related to the assessments as well as conceptualize assessment as a process of understanding the whole child. Through class sessions, classroom practice, professional reading, and a required case study, students will be expected to synthesize information, generate implications for literacy assessment, and apply their learning by implementing and analyzing literacy assessments for a learner.

Prerequisite(s): EDU 620 or program permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Education