Sharing Effective Practices of Instruction and Assessment

Quantify and specify what you’re looking for

Use accessible language

Professional judgement

Skill based

Accessible exams

Equitable

Prepare students beforehand

Strategies, mindset, time management, self-advocacy

Creating the Exam

Consistent/ deliberate layout

Alternate formats

digital and paper

Student Choice

Support During Exams

time-management, focus & attention, anxiety management, tech

Strengths & Deficits

Accommodations that support strengths

Careful/thoughtful Placement

Risk of Narrowed Expectatoins

Need clear evidence for mainstream removal

Social & Emotional Impacts

Isolation/stigmatization

Issues with racism, prejudice

Tiered approach to intervention

Tier 1

UDL/DL

all students

Tier 2

targeted, small-group instruction and interventions

closely monitor student progress

Tier 3

individualized and intensive interventions, often involving one-on-one instruction or specialized programs.

in-school team involved

Ethical Standards & Standards of Practice for Teaching

Care & Compassion, Respect & Dignity, Integrity & Fairness

DI, Collaboration, Advocacy, Continuous Improvement

We Have Something To Say

Stories of Segregation

Spec Ed treatment

Accommodations

Chunking

questions

evaluations

Word bank, formula list, glossary, reference page

Alternative methods of demonstrating learning

video, mind maps, comics, video, oral responses, etc.

Assistive Tech

TTS/STT

predictor, spellcheck,

Accessible work

Barriers to supports