Assessing Learners with Special Needs : An Applied Approach
ISBN: 9780131367104 | 0131367102
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/5/2011
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Assessing Learners with Special Needs: an Applied Approach, seventh edition, is a practical book designed to teach you about the complex procedures of the assessment process.Each chapter starts out with a chapter focus that contains CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards that show you what you are expected to master in the chapter. Concepts are presented in a step-by-step manner followed by exercises that help you understand each step. Portions of assessment instruments, protocols, and scoring tables are provided to help you with the practice exerc... MORE
Part 1 Introduction to Assessment
Chapter 1 An Introduction
Chapter 2 Laws, Ethics, and Issues
Part 2 Technical Prerequisites... MORE
Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 4 Reliability and Validity
Chapter 5 An Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment
Part 3 Assessing Students
Chapter 6 Curriculum-Based Assessment and Other Informal Measures
Chapter 7 Response to Intervention
Chapter 8 Academic Assessment
Chapter 9 Assessment of Behavior
Chapter 10 Measurement of Intelligence and Adaptive Behavior
Chapter 11 Special Considerations of Assessment in Early Childhood
Chapter 12 Special Considerations of Assessment in Transition
Part 4 Interpretation of Assessment Results
Chapter 13 Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention
Terry Overton has experience as a special education classroom teacher, educational diagnostician, and consults with school districts regularly as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She conducts research in the area of autism spectrum disorders and assessment and she continues to provide professional development to school districts to assist with the implementation of RTI models.
