This fast paced and fun video provides an overview and strategies for effective use of assessments for early elementary grade level teachers. As a follow-up to the Introduction to Assessments, this video reviews the three big questions from the context of a classroom teacher working with upper grades of elementary students (ages 8-11).

• How is the assessment linked to the learning goal?
• How does the assessment engage the learner?
• What barriers migh students experience?

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This fast paced and fun video provides an overview and strategies for effective use of assessments for early elementary grade level teachers. As a follow-up to the Introduction to Assessments, this video reviews the three big questions from the context of a classroom teacher working with young students.

• How is the assessment linked to the learning goal?
• How does the assessment engage the learner?
• What barriers migh students experience?

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This resource highlights teacher candidates’ understanding, experience, and application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The phenomenological study was conducted with teacher candidates in the special education major program and the elementary and special education dual major program. The emerging themes drawn from this study suggested that the participants’ understanding and application of UDL were promoted by explicit UDL training in the programs. The discussions include support, resources, procedures, benefits, and challenges in relation to teacher candidates’ understanding and implementation of UDL principles.