Spring 2027

Diagnosis, Assessment, and Instructional Planning in Special Education

Introduces assessment terms and tools for identifying and diagnosing students with disabilities, focusing on collecting assessment data to support core academic instruction.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of basic terminology used in assessment

  • Articulate knowledge of educators, families and other professionals roles in the assessment process

  • Demonstrate knowledge of different types of assessment including specific uses, limitations and culturally responsive practices

  • Demonstrate knowledge of how formal and informal assessments can be used for instructional decision-making and monitoring student progress

  • Articulate knowledge of the legal rights and responsibilities of the IEP team including educators, parents and other members

  • Articulate understanding of legal mandates and accountability of schools and how they relate to students with disabilities.

  • Identify current research in the field that supports their decisions about what interventions to include in the IEPs of students with disabilities.

  • Identify research-based practices in the area of collaboration when developing the IEPs of students with disabilities.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Elementary Education BSE, Elementary Education and Special Education BSE, Special Education BSE, or Special Education MS

    • Elementary Education BSE
    • Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
    • Special Education BSE
    • Special Education MS
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RP&SE 464

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  • Any of
    • Elementary Education BSE
    • Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
    • Special Education BSE
    • Special Education MS

Professors

Spring 2027

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Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 270
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 280

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Types of assessment, their uses, limitations, and culturally responsive practices
  • Legal rights and responsibilities of the IEP team
  • Legal mandates and school accountability regarding students with disabilities

Skills

  • Collect and use assessment data to promote successful outcomes in core academic instruction for students with disabilities
  • Use formal and informal assessments for instructional decision-making and monitoring student progress

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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RP&SE 464 · Spring 2027

Diagnosis, Assessment, and Instructional Planning in Special Education

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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