Longwood Education Program SPA Assessment Plan
Liberal Studies/Special Education
Longwood Educational Program: 5-yr program
Program Coordinator e-mail Address: tarpleypl@longwood.edu
Program Coordinator: Peggy L. Tarpley
Program Coordinator Office Phone: 434-395-2337 434.295.1934
SPA Name: Council for Exceptional Children
SPA Website:
Date SPA Assessment Plan Submitted:
Longwood SPA Assessment Plan – SPED 5 Year
Date Plan Approved by AIR:
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Chart 1: Required (RQ) and Recommended (RC) Standards for Each Assessment
SPA Assessments
4
Pedagogical
KSD
(Required)
Clinical
Evaluation
5
Effects on
Learning
(Required)
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
Standard 9 - Professional and Ethical Practice
REC
REC
Standard 10 - Collaboration
REC
REC
SPA STANDARDS
Recommended Method of Assessment:
Standard 1 – Foundations
Standard 2 - Development and Characteristics of Learners
Standard 3 - Individual Learning Differences
Standard 4 - Instructional Strategies
Standard 5 - Learning Environments and Social Interactions
Standard 6 - Language
Standard 7 - Instructional Planning
Standard 8 - Assessment
Longwood SPA Assessment Plan – SPED 5 Year
1
Content
Knowledge
(Required)
2
Content
Knowledge
(Required)
State Test
3
Pedagogical
KSD
(Required)
Planning
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
REC
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6
Program
Choice
(Required)
7
Program
Choice
(Optional)
8
Program
Choice
(Optional)
REC
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Chart 2: Program Assessment Descriptions and Delineation of Specific Items that Meet SPA Standards
SPA Assessments
SPA STANDARDS
Standard 1 – Foundations
Standard 2 - Development and Characteristics of Learners
Standard 3 - Individual Learning Differences
Standard 4 - Instructional Strategies
Standard 5 - Learning Environments and Social
Interactions
Standard 6 - Language
Standard 7 - Instructional Planning
Standard 8 - Assessment
1
End of
Program
Test
(SPED 689)
2
Behavioral
Intervention
3
Lesson
Planning
(TWS)
4
Clinical
Evaluation
5
CBA
(TWS)
X
Item B
X
Item A
X
Item G
X
Items B-E
6
Test
Admin/
Report
Writing
7
Program
Assessment
(NONE)
8
Program
Assessment
(NONEl)
Item G
X
X
Items
C&G
X
X
Items A-E
Items C-E
Standard 9 - Professional and Ethical Practice
X
Items
A&F
Item G
Standard 10 - Collaboration
X
*NOTE: After completing this chart, you would be ready to complete your SPA Report Form/Template Section III-RELATIONSHIP OF ASSESSMENT TO
STANDARDS.
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Chart 3: List of Assessments and Time of Administration
(Taken from the SPA Report Template: SECTION II— LIST OF ASSESSMENTS)
Type or
Form of Assessment1
When the Assessment
Is Administered2
Exam
At completion of Program
Case Study
SPED 306
3 Lesson Planning
Project
SPED 321/323
4 Clinical Evaluation with SPED addendum
Survey
Student Teaching
Work Sample
Partnership SPED 321/323/325
Case Study
SPED 545
Name of Assessment
1
Assessment being created
2 Behavioral Intervention
5 TWS/SPED with CBA
6
Standardized Test Administration and Report
Writing
7 NONE
8 NONE
*Note: This chart will look slightly different based on your SPA Report Template: SECTION II— LIST OF ASSESSMENTS.
1
Identify the type of assessment (e.g., essay, case study, project, comprehensive exam, reflection, state licensure test, portfolio).
Indicate the point in the program when the assessment is administered (e.g., admission to the program, admission to student teaching/internship, required courses [specify course
title and numbers], or completion of the program).
2
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