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Writing Your Evaluation

Writing Your Evaluation. Cortney Steffens. Table of Contents. General Information Background Information Interview Questions Information Obtained from Interviews Informal Assessments Formal Assessments Recommendations Appendix. General Information. Student name DOB Age Grade

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Writing Your Evaluation

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  1. Writing Your Evaluation Cortney Steffens

  2. Table of Contents • General Information • Background Information • Interview Questions • Information Obtained from Interviews • Informal Assessments • Formal Assessments • Recommendations • Appendix

  3. General Information • Student name • DOB • Age • Grade • Evaluator • Dates of Evaluation

  4. General Information (continued) Joey is a 8.5 year-old boy who is in third grade at a local public school. Joey’s primary language is English. His medical history reports no significant problems and all milestones were achieved within a normal time frame. He has attended the same school since kindergarten and has not repeated any grades. • Continue with school history • Testing Environment • General observations of behavior during sessions

  5. Interviews • Questions asked of the student • Numbered list • Questions asked of the parent • Numbered list • Information obtained from interviews • Responses written in paragraph form

  6. Informal Assessments Name of Assessment Dates of Evaluation: Chronological Age: Administration: # of sessions and duration • Summary of assessment – Purpose, sections • Testing conditions- Testing was completed in two 45 minute sessions. After 20 minutes Joey appeared to be tired and he received a 5 minute break before testing resumed. There were minimal distractions during the session… • Results • In a chart • In paragraph form

  7. Examples of IA • Roswell-Chall Auditory Blending Test • Developmental Reading Assessment 2 • Fountas and Pinnell Reading Assessment • Multiple Intelligences Survey

  8. Formal Assessments Name of Assessment Dates of Evaluation: Chronological Age: Administration: # of sessions and duration • Summary of assessment – Purpose, sections • Testing conditions- Testing was completed in two 45 minute sessions. After 20 minutes Joey appeared to be tired and he received a 5 minute break before testing resumed. There were minimal distractions during the session… • Results • In a chart (raw scores, percentiles, age equivalents, standard score) • In paragraph form

  9. Examples of FA • Beery Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration • PAL-RW • Test of Reading Comprehension • Test of Written Language

  10. Recommendations • Based on Interviews • Based on observations- if appropriate • Each Informal Assessment- can be separated by test or synthesized • Each Formal Assessment- can be separated by test or synthesized

  11. Appendix • Student’s work samples • Copies of testing response and scoring booklets used

  12. Additional Comments • You do not have to cite the assessments in APA but if your recommendations mention that are grounded in research (books, peer-reviewed journal articles) then you should cite your sources and include a reference page

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