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4: Alternate Assessments
Study Questions
- What are the benefits of inclusion in educational assessment for students with severe and multiple disabilities?
- What is the relationship between planning, instruction, and assessment for outcomes?
- What concerns do teachers have regarding alternate assessment?
- What forms can alternate assessments take?
- What are portfolios? What are the benefits of using a portfolio as a means of alternate assessment?
- What kinds of learning should be measured by alternate assessment?
- What basic assumptions of the collaborative approach should be reflected in alternate assessment?
- What shared focus links program planning and assessment of outcomes?
- What are the four key considerations in planning and providing supports that enable students to learn in the context of the general curriculum, and in documenting that learning?
- How does a performance dimension rubric serve as a “road-map” for the IEP team?
- What is a PME sheet (a.k.a. Learning Evaluation form)? What are its basic components?
- What assessment practices are included in effective observations?
- What six steps do effective teachers follow when connecting standards-based instruction to assessment?
- What are some benefits of using videotape documentation of a student’s learning?
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