Assessment and Evaluation

When teaching a student with autism, you may need to alternate the learning expectations. In particular, with autism you will want to assess the individual's intellectual communication, behaviour, and academics (6). Furthermore, keeping track of a student's progress should be continuous and ongoing.

As stated in Growing Success, when assessing a student with autism, possible accommodations could include (4, 72):

-Visual supports to clarify verbal instruction on tests/ worksheets
-Assistive devices to offer support to the student
-Allow the student to have extra time to complete an assignment
-Modify grade-level expectations in a subject if necessary to meet the student's learning needs
-Highlight/ clarify key words for instructions
-Provide a quiet location for the student to work in
-Provide prompts for the student to look back on when being tested
-Adapt the assessment format (Ex. making it an oral test, demonstration, interview...)
-Allow them flexibility with the number of questions they answer
-Provide student with sample questions prior to test/assessment piece