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Effective Education Assessment Strategies for Inclusive Learning Environments

Explore the importance of Universal Design (UD) Assessment in Education across various levels, from preschool to adult education. Understand the need for UD in physical spaces, information presentation, learning environments, and specialized learning functions. Discover different types of educational assessments and tools like EqTD, P3, Whiteboard Heights, Campus Scorecard, and Student Taxonomy. Learn how to enhance accessibility assessments in higher education and beyond, with resources available on the ACCESS-ed website. Enhance your skills in verbal descriptions, UD instruction methods, and advocacy for accessibility. Engage in improving educational inclusivity through effective assessment practices.

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Effective Education Assessment Strategies for Inclusive Learning Environments

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  1. Education UD Assessments Roger O. Smith, Ph.D. Director of 3 U.S. D.Ed. Demonstration Projects on Accessibility in Higher Ed

  2. Education is a Unique Setting for UD Assessment • The need for Education assessment ranges across Pre-school, K-12, Post-secondary, Adult & Continuing • On higher education campuses, they are mini-cities with the need for UD across all types of functions (even playgrounds, museums, - maybe not factories….) • Plus, the specialized functions of learning.

  3. Types of Assessment Targets in Ed • Physical Spaces: yards buildings • Information Presentation: unidirectional and all topics and media • Learning Environment: (bi or multi-directional interaction) & conventional, new, and highly exploratory instructional strategies.

  4. Sampling of Assessments • EqTD • P3 • Whiteboard heights • Campus Scorecard • Student Taxonomy (and revisions) • Others

  5. The Picture of a Slide

  6. See the reach? See the feet?

  7. Educational UD Resource • Higher Ed, but much is relevant across educational contexts • The ACCESS-ed website: • http://access-ed.r2d2.uwm.edu

  8. Concerns • For us a presenters, we need to improve or skills • Verbal descriptions in our presentations • Our methods to improve UD instruction in our own instruction and others around us • For us as assessors and advocates • Acquaint, Use, Maintain our engagement with accessibility assessments.

  9. Thank-you!

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