ASSESSMENTASSESSMENTBY BY

RUKHSHANA F. RUKHSHANA F. SHOLAPURWALASHOLAPURWALA

ASSESSMENTASSESSMENTBY BY

RUKHSHANA F. RUKHSHANA F. SHOLAPURWALASHOLAPURWALA

What is Assessment?

Assessment is the systematic process of collecting information about the child, his past and current levels of performance, his strengths and weaknesses in order to help make educational decisions about his future.

Assessment Approach.

There is a wide range of testing procedures that one can choose from when testing the Learning Disabled. Generally assessment tests fall into two groups FORMAL INFORMAL

FORMAL TESTING General Intelligence Test – WISC WAIS BGPPVT

Achievement Test

WRAT WOOD COCK JOHNSONASTON BATTERYROSS(RIPA) SCHONELL’S

INFORMAL TESTINGInformal testing is by using Non- standardized

Test. These tests are relevant for practical situations which occur in classrooms.

• Teacher Observation• Interview • Questionnaires• Checklists and Rating Scales• Teacher- made Test. (curriculum based test)

Curriculum Based Test

The test is based on the curriculum which is followed in the school. It facilitates 2 important outcomes in the education of students.

1.Skill acquisitions of the learner / student.2.Co- operation between sp. Educator & class

teacher who works in collaboration. The test has to be prepared for each class

separately so that the entire school population can be tested.

It has 6 components.

1. Reading2. Comprehension 3. Written Expression4. Spellings5. Arithmetic6. Perception a. Visual b. Auditory

ERRORS OF READING

OMISSIONS.ADDITION AND INSERTIONS.SUBSTITUTIONS.REPETITIONS.REVERSALS.WORD BY WORD.SOUND BLENDING.

ERRORS OF HANDWRITING.

Too much slant. Writing too straightWriting too heavy.Writing too light.Writing too angular.Writing too irregular.Writing too wide.

SPELLING ERRORS.

CHILD tends to write. Phonetically eg. Monkey- munky

bridge – brigShort and long eg. Sale- sail

vowels. Met- mate Blending sounds eg. Glass- galass of double consonants. Blast- bast

ERRORS OF ARITHMETIC

Counts from left to right. Counts on fingers. Reads 13 for 31. Tables are difficult. Abstract thinking is poor.(Mental sums)Has difficulity in problem sums.Often mixes up the symbols + and ×

- and ÷

PERCEPTIONVisual Perception

consisting of :Eye- hand co- ordination.

Figure ground. Figure consistency. Spatial relations. Position in space.

Auditory Perception consisting of:

Immediate sounds.Blending of

sounds.Discrimination of

sounds.

DTLD

The test has been made by the centre of special Education of SNDT University

The test is to be administrated to the children from the age of 8 to 11 yrs.

The test is also available in Marathi , Hindi & Gujarati language.

It helps to screen the children in the following areas.

1. Eye- Hand Co-ordination2. Figure ground 3. Figure consistency 4. Position in space5. Spatial Relation 6. Auditory Perception7. Cognitive Ability 8. Memory 9. Receptive Language 10.Expressive Language

DTRDThe test is made by centre of Special Education

SNDT University The test concentrates more on reading ability as

reading disability is the more prominent or early recognized aspect of learning disability

It is a non- timed test but on an average child takes 45-50 minutes to complete test on each level. Child has to be administered both levels.

If the child fails to complete level 1 level 2 should not be administered

The test is for the age groups of 8-11yrs.

The test has 2 levels Level 11.Sound- symbol Association2. Blending of sound3. Phonic Analysis 4. Visual Conditioning 5. Semantic Closure 6. Lexical Processing 7. Copy Writing

Level II1. Grapheme Phoneme Association.2. Verbal Phonetic coding 3. Phonemic Synthesis 4. Verbal Visual Correspondence5. Verbal Memory 6. Listening Comprehension 7. Reading Comprehension (Aloud)8. Reading Comprehension ( Silent)

WRAT

This test enables us to get the level of the child in Reading, spelling and Arithmetic The test can be administrated to the age group of 7to 75 years. This is a time bound test. Each test is for 5 minutes. The test as suggestive has 3 components.

1. Reading.2. Spellings.3. Arithmetic.

WOODCOCK JOHNSON - IIIIt provides a comprehensive system for

meaning general intellectual ability, Specific Cognitive abilities, Scholastic, aptitude, Oral language, Oral Academic

Achievement. It can be administered to the age group of

2 to 90 years. It is not a time bound test it has 22

components.

1.Letter word identification( Basic sight word Reading)

2. Word attack ( Non- meaningful words reading)

3. Reading Fluency( Basic reading skills + comprehension ability)

4. Story Recall a) Immediate b) Delay5. Calculation6. Maths Fluency ( Simple computation sums

in 3 mins) 7. Applied Reasoning( word problem)8. Quantitature Concepts ( Quantity relative

quiz in Maths.) 9. Number series ( Missing number)

10. Writing Fluency ( Describe the picture)11 Writing Sample( write a sentence on

what is happening a what will happen) 12. Oral Comprehension13. Editing ( Correct & write the sentence) 14. Academic Knowledge( ques. on science

& Social studies)15. Vocabulary – (Synonyms, opposites)16. Sound Awareness ( Rhyming words/

similar sounding word)17. Punctuation & Capitalization

18. Spellings19. Understanding Direction ( See

Picture for 15 sec. & ask about the picture)

20. Passage comprehension21. Picture Vocabulary ( Name the

picture)22. Spelling of sound ( non meaning

full words. e.g. foy, gat)

SUMMARYCHILD NOT ACHIEVING

IQ TEST TEST OF ACHIVMENT TEST

VISION AUDITORY

Language ReceptiveExpressive

Written Expression Spelling

HandwritingIdeas

Reading

Mathematics

AttentionMemory

EmotionalBehavioral

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