Eligibility and Assessment

 

The Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired has compiled a list of assessment resources that professionals in the field of visual impairments (VI) may utilize when evaluating students.

This document is not a comprehensive list but includes a sampling of widely used tools in the field of visual impairment. Please note that the Florida Department of Education does not endorse the use of any product.

(Items marked with * are available in Loan Library)

State and Federal Guidance

• Eligibility Timeline Visual Impairments.pdf
• Exceptional Student Education Eligibility and Assessments for Students with Visual Impairments: Rule 6A-6.03014, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.)
• IDEA Evaluation Procedures: Sec. 300.304 (F.A.C.)
• Supportive Services Visual Impairment Handout
• Medical Reports for Students with Visual Impairments
• Rule 6A - 6.03014 Technical Assistance Paper
• Webinar: Getting to Know Rule 6A-6.03014 F.A.C., Part I and II

General Resources

• Rubric to guide the assessment process: Essential Assessments for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired

• Webinar Training: An Overview of Essential Assessments for Students with Visual Impairments

Functional Vision Assessments

• Barraga Visual Efficiency Program (BVEP) 
• *FVLMA Protocols, Enhanced Print: Functional Vision and Learning Media Assessment | American Printing House (aph.org)
• Perkins CVI Protocol
• *TSBVI - Essential Tools of the Trade/ETT Deafblind | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (tsbvi.edu)
• Visual Assessment Scale Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) in persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD)

Learning Media Assessments

• Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS)
• Decision Making Guide: A Guide to Print Size Selection, (aph.org)
• *FVLMA Protocols, Enhanced Print: Functional Vision and Learning Media Assessment | American Printing House (aph.org)
• Paths to Literacy – Overview of Learning Media Assessment
• Sensing and Learning
• *TSBVI - Essential Tools of the Trade/ETT Deafblind | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (tsbvi.edu)
   

  • Informal Reading Inventories

    • Easy CBM

    • Grades 1-6

    • Grades K-12

    • Grades K-5 

    • Grades K-12 (works best in Chrome)

    • *John's Basic Reading Inventory

    • ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

    • *The Flynt/Cooter Comprehensive Reading Inventory, Assessment of K-12 Reading Skills in English & Spanish

    • Universal Protocol for Accommodations in Reading (UPAR)

    • *Qualitative Reading Inventory
       

  • Braille Skills Assessments

    • All Children Can Read: Literacy Skills Checklist
    • Assessment of Braille Literacy Skills: Unified English Braille (UEB) (esc4.net)
    • Braille Authority of North America (BANA) Braille Checklist
    • Braille Readiness Grid
    • Pre-Braille Assessment from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    • Queensland Braille Learning Progression and Assessment Tool
       

  • Assistive Technology Assessments

    • *Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility
    • Learning Media Assessment & Assistive Technology Assessments for Students with MIVI
    • Paths to Technology: Checklists/Assessments to Help Determine Technology Related IEP Goals
    • SETT Framework
    • Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Assistive Technology Assessments
    • Webinar: AEMing For Access Learning Series: CITES' Assistive Technology (AT) Myths/Facts 
    • Loan Library Information: Assistive technology devices are available for assessment purposes! 
       

Orientation and Mobility Screenings

• Sample O&M Screening 1
• Sample O&M Screening 2
   

Orientation and Mobility Assessments

• New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inventory NMSBVI Orientation & Mobility Inventory
• *TAPS - O&M Assessment
• The Oregon Project for Preschool Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• Texas 2 STEPS Curriculum and Evaluation Set
   

Special Skills or Expanded Core Curriculum Assessments

• *APH - The Functional Skills Assessments
• Basic Skills Infused Skills Assessment
• Evals: Evaluating Visually Impaired Students Using Alternate Learning Standards Emphasizing the Expanded Core Curriculum (5 Part Set)
• *TSBVI - Essential Tools of the Trade/ETT Deafblind | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (tsbvi.edu)
• The Oregon Project for Preschool Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• See also Braille Assessments in Learning Media Assessments above