LTY 620 - Clinical Assessment of Literacy (3)

This course promotes the educator’s understanding of materials and approaches for assessing oral language, reading, and writing needs of children and adolescents who struggle in learning to construct meaning from text and/or communicate through writing. While familiarity with summative assessment measures is developed, emphasis is placed on the use of formative assessment to inform instructional interventions with remedial students. Instruction will address the use of formative and summative literacy assessments for diagnosing the gaps in students’ knowledge and skills based on the Kentucky Academic Standards in English/Language Arts for P-12. In the embedded clinical experience, the educator will work with a child or adolescent referred to the Asbury University clinic to assess the child or adolescent’s strengths and areas of need related to reading and/or writing. Based on the referral information, the educator will select, administer, and interpret the results of appropriate instruments, and develop a work sample that provides guidance, based on assessment results, to inform the selection of instructional interventions that are aligned to Kentucky Academic Standards in English/Language Arts for P-12. NOTE: Students (P-12) who have been clinically assessed become part of our Reading Clinic that provides the Literacy Interventions Clinical for our candidates.

Prerequisite(s): LTY 600, LTY 610
Grading Method: Letter Grade
Fee: Yes
Term Typically Offered: Fall