SPGN 390 - Measurement and Diagnosis in Special Education

This course is required for all students majoring in special education. Students will learn about a wide variety of standardized and criterion-referenced tests and about their role in assessing intellectual capacity, academic achievement, socioemotional skills, adaptive behavior, and auditory and visual limitations of students with handicaps. The course will be taught in a lecture format. Students will look at and become familiar with a wide variety of commonly used tests. Cultural reactions, test bias, and limitations will be explored.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation

Prerequisite(s) SPGN 251
Admission to the Initial Teacher Preparation Program or admission to Speech Pathology Professional Sequence is required for enrollment in this course.

Class-Level Restriction Junior standing or above

Notes -
Updates Change to ITPP requirement 4/2017, effective Summer 2017

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