2024-25 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 18, 2024  
2024-25 Graduate Catalog
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LIT 690 - Assessment for the Specialized Literacy Professional

Explore assessment and instructional methods, materials and research surrounding the literacy difficulties experienced by students from birth to grade 6 and grades 5 to 12. Complete an in-depth analysis of the literacy achievement of students in both the B-6 and 5-12 grade levels. Analysis will be used to plan and implement intervention with the students, individual, in small groups, at the classroom level, grade level and school wide.  Data will be used to understand the assessment-intervention cycle. Prerequisites: LIT 525, LIT 527, LIT 528, LIT 535, LIT 560, LIT 590, LIT 630 and LIT 669. Corequisite: LIT 693. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year, Frequency code M = offered in summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Synthesize knowledge to create an assessment plan using a broad range of literacy assessments that demonstrates understanding of purposes for children B-6 and 5-12 grade levels.
  2. Analyze data from multiple literacy assessments and create an analysis of strengths and needs based on an array of literacy assessments and observational data. 
  3. Recommend literacy instructional practices to teachers and families using data analysis from multiple literacy assessments and knowledge of literacy theories. 
  4. Describe and analyze digital tools used for literacy instruction in terms of its affordances and limitations. 



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