ASSESSMENT DECISIONS USING CASA

Objectives

1. Explain how the CASA criteria can guide the selection of assessments used to make identification decisions.
2. Evaluate identification systems according to the alignment component of the CASA criteria.
3. Apply the CASA criteria to your own assessment selection and identification process.
4. Explain and rationalize the identification criteria used for a particular program or service.

Learning Tasks

1. Watch Goal 3 Module 6 Part I Video
2. Watch Goal 3 Module 6 Part II Video
3. Complete Goal 3 Module 6 Application Activity (recommended)
4. Read Goal 3 Module 6 Additional Resources (recommended)

GOAL 3 MODULE 6 PART I

Watch the following video over Assessment Decisions Using CASA Part I.

GOAL 3 MODULE 6 PART II

Watch the following video over Assessment Decisions Using CASA Part II.

Goal 3 Module 6 Application Activity

Consider the assessments used within your own identification process (you can go back to your activities from Goal 2).

Reflect on the following questions:

• What are your services offered? Do the assessments used in your identification system conceptually or empirically align with your services?
• How reliable are the assessments currently used?
• How are criteria combined? Think about interactions among CASA criteria.
• How expensive are your assessments? Do you need all of them to achieve the results intended?
• How do the criteria (and specific cutoffs/norming practices) impact access across a range of demographics?

Goal 3 Module 6 Additional Resources

NEXT STEPS

After completing all learning tasks for this module, you will need to take the Goal 3 Knowledge Check.

Goal 3 Knowledge Check Quiz

The Goal 3 Knowledge Check covers information from Modules 1-6. You must complete the knowledge check in order to qualify for payment incentives.

After completing all modules for Goal 3, you'll proceed to Goal 4: Optimal Identification.