EP5 - Assessing Students on IEPs: Are We Getting it Right?

2025-06-22

In this episode of Empowering the Educator Within, host Christina Shala explores a conversation that many educators are quietly having—but few feel confident navigating: how should we assess students on IEPs? Should we report based on their assigned grade level, or where they’re actually working? Drawing on real-life discussion and personal insight, Christina unpacks the implications of both approaches—highlighting how each can impact student growth, confidence, and equity in the classroom. While the e...

In this episode of Empowering the Educator Within, host Christina Shala explores a conversation that many educators are quietly having—but few feel confident navigating: how should we assess students on IEPs? Should we report based on their assigned grade level, or where they’re actually working?

Drawing on real-life discussion and personal insight, Christina unpacks the implications of both approaches—highlighting how each can impact student growth, confidence, and equity in the classroom. While the episode is rooted in British Columbia’s proficiency scale, the questions it raises resonate far beyond provincial borders.

If you're a teacher, administrator, or support staff member trying to make sense of assessment and reporting practices for diverse learners, this episode is for you.

💡 Tune in and join the conversation that’s long overdue.

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