UAB School Psychometry Program: High Stakes Assessment & Evidence Matrix
UAB LEARNING OUTCOME
HIGH STAKES ASSESSMENTS
OUTCOME 1: KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT
MATTER
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands the central content, concepts, and
modes of inquiry of the discipline(s) he or she
teaches.
Performance and Skills
Can create learning experiences that make
concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of
disciplines meaningful for students.
OUTCOME 2: KNOWLEDGE OF
DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING
Knowledge and Understanding
Demonstrates an understanding of how individuals
learn and develop over time.
Performance and Skills
Demonstrates an ability to provide learning
opportunities that support the learner’s stages of
development.
OUTCOME 3: DIVERSITY
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands how students differ in their
approaches to learning.
Performance and Skills
Creates learning opportunities that are appropriate
in addressing the needs of individual students in a
diverse student population.
EVIDENCE ASSESSMENTS
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
School Psychometry Comprehensive
Exams/Portfolio (ESP 689)
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Student Profile (ECT 652)
Disability Awareness & Sensitivity Project (ECT 653)
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Research Paper on the Intellectual/Cognitive
Assessment of CLD Learners (ESP 628)
Involving CLD Families in the Assessment Process
(ESP 629)
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
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Special Needs Project (ECY 300/600)
CLD Issues Project (ECT 652)
Lee v. Macon Training (ECT 660 & ESP 600)
UAB School Psychometry Program: High Stakes Assessment & Evidence Matrix
OUTCOME 4: MULTIPLE INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands the importance of using a variety of
instructional strategies that foster growth of the
cognitive, social, or behavioral aspects of a diverse
student population. Understands the importance
of applying instructional strategies for developing
higher level thinking skills and performance skills.
Performance and Skills
Ability to implement a variety of developmentally
appropriate instructional strategies that foster
growth of the cognitive, social, and behavioral
aspects of a diverse student population and
promotes the development of higher order
thinking and performance skills.
OUTCOME 5: LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands major theories and concepts of
individual and group motivation and behavior and
how such information can be used to create a
learning environment to encourage positive social
interactions, active engagement in learning and
self-motivation.
Performance and Skills
Applies understanding of individual and group
motivation and behavior when creating a learning
environment that encourages positive social
interactions, active engagement in learning and
self-motivation.
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Functional Assessment/Behavior Intervention Plan
(ECT 660)
Natural Style Interview, Video, Self-Assessment,
and Peer Evaluations (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Natural Style Interviews and Self-Assessments (ESP
689)
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Online Positive Behavior Support Modules (ECT
660)
Curricula Materials Review and Demonstrations
(ECT 660)
Online Behavioral Strategy File (ECT 660)
Evidence-Based Strategy Demonstration (ECT 660)
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (ECT 660)
Interview Journal Reflections (ESP 600, ESP 689)
Classroom Observations of Students w/ Special
Needs (ECY 689)
UAB School Psychometry Program: High Stakes Assessment & Evidence Matrix
OUTCOME 6: COMMUNICATION
Performance and Skills
Uses effective verbal, non-verbal and media
communication techniques to foster active inquiry,
collaboration, and supportive interaction in the
learning area.
OUTCOME 7: INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANNING, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands the role of content knowledge,
pedagogy, curriculum, standards, student
characteristics, and community factors in planning
instruction. Understands state and national
standards relating to technology.
Performance and Skills
Plans developmentally appropriate instruction
based upon scholarly and pedagogical content
knowledge, curriculum goals and state/national
standards, including standards relating to
technology integration. Integrates technology as
part of instruction.
OUTCOME 8: ASSESSMENT:
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands how to use a variety of formal and
informal assessment strategies to promote the
continuous cognitive, social, emotional, and
physical growth and development of learners.
Performance and Skills
Can use a variety of formal and informal
assessment strategies to promote continuous
cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth
and development of learners.
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Performance and Skills:
Formal Writing and Speaking Evaluations (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills
Internship Competency Evaluation
Writing Evaluations on Assessment Reports (ESP
628, ESP 629, & ESP 689)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
Group and Individual Counseling Plans and
Observations (ESP 600 & ESP 689)
Software Scoring and Report Generation
Proficiencies (ESP 628, ESP 629, & ESP 689)
Software Scoring and Report Generation
Proficiencies (ESP 628 & ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
Assessment Software Demonstration (ECT 660)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Integrated Assessment Report (ECT 651)
Functional Assessment/Behavior Plan (ECT 660)
Administration, Scoring and Reporting Proficiencies
(ESP 627)
Intellectual/Cognitive Reports (ESP 628)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Integrated Assessment Reports (ESP 689)
Assessment Video (ECT 651)
Formal Assessment Critique (ECT 660)
Student Presentations of Assessment Reports (ESP
628 & ESP 629)
Mid-Term Exam (ESP 628)
Mid-Term Exam (ESP 629)
Final Exam (ESP 628)
Final Exam (ESP 629)
Alabama Statewide Assessment Case Study (ESP
629)
Progress Monitoring Case Study (ESP 629)
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UAB School Psychometry Program: High Stakes Assessment & Evidence Matrix
OUTCOME 9: PROFESSIONAL
COMMITMENT/RESPONSIBILITY/
REFLECTION:
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands the novice-expert career path and
avenues to support professional growth.
Understands the nature and importance of critical
self-reflection and continuous professional
improvement.
Performance and Skills
Uses self-reflection to assess his/her professional
practice and evaluate interactions with learners,
parents, and other professionals of the learning
community; and to seek opportunities to improve
his/her professional practice.
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Personal Code of Ethics for Practice (School
Psychometry) (ESP 600)
Alabama Administrative Code Exam for Special
Education (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Update of Personal Code of Ethics for Practice
(School Psychometry (ESP 689)
OUTCOME 10: PARTNERSHIP/
COLLABORATION:
Knowledge and Understanding
Understands the novice-expert career path and
avenues to support professional growth.
Understands the nature and importance of critical
self-reflection and continuous professional
improvement.
Performance and Skills
Uses self-reflection to assess his/her professional
practice and evaluate interactions with learners,
parents, and other professionals of the learning
community; and to seek opportunities to improve
his/her professional practice.
Personal Code of Ethics (ECT 660)
Teacher as Professional Self-Assessment (ECT 660)
Offline Final Exam (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Group and Individual Counseling Plans and
Observations (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Performance and Skills:
Internship Competency Evaluations (ESP 689)
Group and Individual Counseling Plans and
Observations (ESP 689)
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Community Resource File (ECT 660)
Participation in BBSST Meetings (ESP 689)
Participation in MEDC Meetings (ESP 689)
Participation in IEP Meetings (ESP 689)
Interviews with Families (ESP 689)
Offline Final Exam (ESP 600)
UAB School Psychometry Program: High Stakes Assessment & Evidence Matrix
OUTCOME 11A: SOCIAL, HISTORICAL,
AND PHILSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
Knowledge and Understanding
Knowledge and understanding of the sociocultural, historical, political and economic
underpinnings that influence education and shape
the societies and world in which we live.
OUTCOME 11B: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
Knowledge and Understanding
Articulates a personal philosophy of education that
is grounded in theory, research, and practice.
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Online Final Exam (Legal Case Study (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Knowledge and Understanding:
Alabama Administrative Code Exam for Special
Education (ESP 629)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 1 :
Knowledge and Understanding:
Personal Philosophy and Code of Ethics for School
Psychometry (ESP 600)
High Stakes Assessment Checkpoint 2:
Knowledge and Understanding:
Update of Personal Philosophy and Code of Ethics
for School Psychometry (ESP 689)
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Disciplinary Case Study (ECT 660)
Manifestation Determination Simulation (ECT 660)
Online Modules (Federal Disability Law and
Litigation) (ESP 600)
Personal Code of Ethics (ECT 660)