This top-selling book continues its focus of showing teachers how to do formal and informal assessments in the classroom using practical examples to explain difficult concepts. This book encourages the reader to apply the content to the activities in the book. The fifth edition of Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach includes the latest information on the reauthorization of IDEA, NCLB and the most recent regulations. It also includes more information on informal assessments, functional assessment and positive behavior support and intervention, as well as more discussion on culturally and linguistically diverse students. K-12 Special Education and General Education Teachers.