Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: SPED Testing Mr. Oster has an inclusion class for U.S. History where he must differentiate the assessments. Hid SPED students take an exam that has reduced answer choices. Many of the students could actually take the on-level exam and if they studied could perform at mastery level. However, since the students know they are taking an exam that is in fact easier, they do not apply themselves to study on participate in class. The lack of academic challenge is actually hindering their overall growth as a student. Mt. Oster would like to change this, but he is required to differentiate their assessments according to their IEPs. How should Mr. Oster approach this problem with assessment? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) If the students can perform at mastery without differentiating the exam, maybe their IEP's need to be amended to make sure they are getting the proper accommodations. Every students IEP should not look the same. I know sometimes IEP's can be repetitive, meaning they all look the same, instead of individualized. Taking a look at the accommodations and comparing them to the students strengths and weaknesses may help fix this assessment problem.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This solution requires that the student's IEP be ammended. That may take a while but the teacher needs a way to differentiate the exams now. Rated On: October 17, 2014 10:44 pm Rated By: ySaryN