SPY 672 - Assessments and Interventions to Develop Academic Skills

This course is designed to prepare students to engage in a comprehensive systematic process of effective decision making and problem solving while conducting academic assessments and designing academic interventions for children of all backgrounds. Students will learn to select, administer, score, and interpret measures of academic achievement including published norm-referenced tests, criterion-referenced tests, curriculum-based assessments, and performance-based assessments as part of the data collection process relevant to assessment. Students will develop an understanding of how to use measures of academic achievement as part of a comprehensive problem solving process that provides data to determine the effectiveness of instructional interventions. During the assessment and intervention processes, students will learn how to apply their knowledge of human learning, cognition, development, and technology as well as knowledge of biological and social factors to enhance children’s cognitive and academic skills.

Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of EDU 600 and HCE 605 and matriculation in the School Psychology program, or program permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: School Psychology