CURR 612 - Diagnosis and Assessment in Reading and Literacy: Early Childhood and Childhood

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

The course introduces students to principles of diagnosis and assessment in reading, writing, and literacy. Informal and formal assessment instruments are studied and administered. Attention is paid to patterns of reading disability, as well as implications for instruction. The course involves students in case studies at both the emergent literacy level and at the elementary level, in which children’s literacy achievement is assessed. Students study how to implement district-wide and school-wide assessment programs. Offered spring and summer.

Prerequisite(s): CURR 510 and CURR 511.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): EDUC 504.