{"id":1398,"date":"2021-01-27T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nceotacenter.org\/newsletter\/?page_id=1398"},"modified":"2021-01-27T12:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T18:29:13","slug":"brief-on-pre-assessment-to-plan-instruction-for-students-with-disabilities-during-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nceotacenter.org\/newsletter\/february-2021\/brief-on-pre-assessment-to-plan-instruction-for-students-with-disabilities-during-distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief on Pre-assessment to Plan Instruction for Students with Disabilities During Distance Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brief<\/a>NCEO recently published Pre-assessment to Plan Instruction for Students with Disabilities During Distance Learning<\/a>\u00a0(NCEO Brief #21). This Brief describes using pre-assessment to plan instruction for students with disabilities, and presents 10 tools that can be used particularly during distance learning. Pre-assessment to plan instruction can help guide the instructional planning process and focus on the specific content to be taught in a unit or sequence of lessons.<\/p>\n

Pre-assessment to plan instruction (hereafter, \u201cpre-assessment\u201d) is a kind of formative assessment that occurs before instruction to support instructional planning and inform students about upcoming learning. Teachers can use pre-assessments to help guide instructional planning, and students can use pre-assessments as advance organizers and to focus their attention on what they already know about upcoming learning targets. When using pre-assessments, teachers can use available online apps and other approaches that they know engage students with disabilities who are learning in a virtual environment. The Brief includes examples of how accessibility needs can be addressed when using the pre-assessment tools.<\/p>\n

This Brief presents ten tools that can be used in pre-assessment:<\/p>\n