Does the SCERTS Assessment Process yield quantitative data such as percentile ranks, IQ scores, or developmental ages or quotients?
No. The SCERTS Assessment Process (SAP) is a curriculum-based assessment, which means it is a criterion-referenced tool that is linked to the SCERTS Model curriculum, and many of the items on it are based on developmental progressions. Curriculum-based refers to the fact that the focus of what is being assessed is directly tied to a curriculum or a sequence of goals that is developmentally based and that will help to guide a child’s program. The SAP is not a norm-referenced tool. That is, it is not based on comparing a child’s observable behavior with that of a sample group of children selected from a large population of children. Therefore, it is not designed for evaluation, which is intended to provide developmental age equivalents, standard scores, or percentile rankings based on normative data. The SAP is not intended to serve the purpose of determining, based on quantitative data, whether a child has a disability. It is designed for profiling relative strengths, needs, and priorit
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