Toolkit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities

Elizabeth Tally and Savannah Girmscheid

Transition Area: This website is for those who are working with students with
disabilities at any grade level. It provides resources for several different topics
including assessment, instructional practices, behavior, and accommodations for these
students.
Format: Website
Contact/Ordering Information: https://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/index.asp
Learning Characteristics of the student for whom this curriculum would be age and
learning appropriate: This resource is meant for those working with students who
have disabilities. The website contains useful information, specifically for students
who are struggling in some area in which the teacher would want to help the student.
There are resources on assessment, including documents about large-scale assessments
and alternate assessment and information on progress monitoring and RTI. There is
also several resources relating to instructional practices, including articles on K-3
literacy, information on social interaction and communication, and an article on
adolescent literacy. An accommodation manual is available for those looking for
instructional and assessment accommodations. Finally, there is information on school
wide behavioral interventions. The information could be helpful for any teacher,
general education or special education, of any grade.
Toolkit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities addresses the following
transition needs: It is important to start preparing students with disabilities for the
transition process as early as possible. This is a resources that helps teachers prepare
students of all ages in order to discover how to help the child grow. According to the
introduction to the toolkit that can be found on the website, The keys to this effort
are instruction and assessment, relying on the most current and accurate information
on how students with disabilities learn while also measuring student performance to
ensure continuous growth and progress.
Other features of Toolkit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities: This
website is continuously updated with more current information to aid teachers in
helping students with disabilities. There is also a resources tab with links to other

websites, including the US Department of Education website.