SPEECH , LANGUAGE HEARING SERVICES Level of Performance Assessment BELOW STANDARD DEVELOPING PROFICIENT EXEMPLARY Insert Elements Insert Descriptors Insert Descriptors Insert Descriptors Insert Descriptors

Conducts thorough, Assessments are limited to Obtains information from a Obtains information from a Obtains information from a appropriate and balanced standardized measures. variety of sources to gather variety of sources to gather variety of sources, including speech, language and/or relevant information. Relates relevant information. Relates interviews, file review, communication case histories information to case histories information to questionnaires, checklists, assessments using a Does not integrate or relate the purpose and outcomes of the purpose and outcomes of and minutes of meeting to comprehensive case history information to evaluation but lacks clinical evaluation. gather relevant information. assessment plan. outcomes of evaluations. interpretation of assessment Relates case histories findings. Includes assessment strategies information to the purpose Applies assessment Does not administer culturally that are nondiscriminatory and and outcomes of evaluation. models that incorporate and linguistically sensitive Includes assessment strategies are based on evidence based standardized and non- assessments that are nondiscriminatory and practice or scientific principles Includes assessment standardized procedures are based on evidence based strategies that are and tools. practice or scientific principles Administers standardizes nondiscriminatory and are Does not collect data in a measures directions as based on evidence based Collects data using a systematic manner. Administers standardizes outlined by the test. practice or scientific variety of sources measures directions as Supplements standardized principles including interviews, outlined by the test. measures with curriculum checklists Supplements standardized Classroom observations Administers standardizes portfolios , and measures with inconsistent Curriculum-based activities measures directions as observations classroom observations and Scores, analyzes, and outlined by the test curriculum-based activities. interprets data accurately with Supplements standardized Does not score, analyze or regard to current levels and measures with interpret data consistently. further intervention plans. Classroom observations Curriculum-based activities Dynamic Assessment Other educationally relevant measures Scores, analyzes, and interprets data in depth with regard to current levels and further intervention plans.

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SLPs conduct assessments SLPs does not conduct SLPs sometimes conduct SLPs conduct assessments in SLPs proactively conduct in collaboration with assessments in collaboration assessments in collaboration collaboration with others that assessments in collaboration others that help identify with others that help identify with others that help identify help identify students with with others that help students with students with communication students with communication communication disorders to identify students with communication disorders disorders to inform instruction disorders to inform instruction inform instruction and communication disorders to to inform instruction and and intervention consistent and intervention consistent intervention consistent with inform instruction and intervention consistent with EBP with EBP EBP intervention consistent with with EBP EBP

Examples Descriptors Descriptors Descriptors Descriptors Limited use of assessments that Inconsistently use of General use of assessments Consistent use of Utilizes assessments that are culturally and linguistic assessments that are culturally that are culturally and assessments that are are culturally and sensitive, Parent interviews, and linguistic sensitive, Parent linguistic sensitive, Parent culturally and linguistic linguistic sensitive Classroom observations, interviews, interviews, sensitive, Parent interviews, Parent interviews Curriculum based activities Classroom observations, Classroom observations, Classroom observations, Classroom observations Fails to assess in a timely Curriculum based activities Curriculum based activities Curriculum based activities Curriculum based activities manner. Makes inadequate assessment Proactively responds to No permission to test obtained of student needs. referrals and makes Does not collect relevant Collects info but may not be Responds to referrals and thorough assessments of information on student before the most relevant. makes competent assessments student needs by choosing assessment Sometimes secures permission of student needs by choosing suitable assessment to test. suitable assessment procedures to answer procedures to answer referral referral questions. questions. Proactively responds to Collects all relevant referrals and makes information on which to base thorough assessments of treatment plans/referral. student needs by choosing suitable assessment Secures necessary procedures to answer permissions to test. referral questions.

Is proactive in collecting relevant information, interviewing both teachers and parents when necessary. Always secures necessary permissions to test.

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