Title of the Artifact: Adapted Test
Danielson’s Framework:
Planning and Preparation
1b: Demonstrating knowledge of students
Learning requires active intellectual engagement and appropriate support aligned to students' individual differences and needs.
Intasc Standard: #2: Learning Differences
The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards.
Description of the Artifact:
This document is a constructed response test made for third grade environmental science. The test itself focuses on living and nonliving components of an environment. The adaptations within this test include a word bank and sentence starters for the various questions.
Rationale:
Learning disabilities are extremely common in the classroom, which leads to the need for adaptations. Students who require these adaptations have unique needs, and as a teacher, it is imperative to know your students well enough to provide the supports necessary for them to succeed. By providing adapted tests and other classroom materials, you are allowing your student to learn the same information as everyone else, but in a way that allows them to understand the material the best way they can. By keeping up to date with students' IEPs and adaptations, the student will feel more comfortable in your classroom and is more likely to achieve more.