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Assessment of Exceptional Students : Educational and Psychological Procedures

by: Taylor, Ronald L.

Assessment of Exceptional Students : Educational and Psychological Procedures

by: Taylor, Ronald L.

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9780205453825
ISBN 10:
0205453821
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Assessment of Exceptional Students, Seventh Edition, offers a practical approach that emphasizes how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process.

Preface

xiii

PART I Introduction to Assessment: Issues and Concerns

(88)

Assessment: Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Considerations

(25)

Historical Events and Philosophical Movements

(6)

Early Twentieth Century

(1)

1920s--1950s

(1)

1960s

(1)

Early 1970s

(1)

Late 1970s and Early 1980s

(1)

Mid-1980s--Early 1990s

(1)

Early 1990s--2000

(3)

The New Millennium

(1)

Relevant Assessment Litigation

(3)

Hobson v. Hansen (1968)

(1)

Diana v. State Board of Education (1970)

(1)

Guadalupe v. Tempe (1972)

(1)

Larry P. v. Riles (1971)

(1)

PASE v. Hannon (1980)

(1)

Marshall v. Georgia (1984)

(1)

Jose P. v. Ambach (1983)

(1)

Luke S. & Hans S. v. Nix et al. (1982)

(1)

Gerstmyer v. Howard County Public Schools (1994)

(1)

Relevant Legislation

(14)

Public Law 94-142: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA)

(1)

Public Law 99-457: EHA Amendments of 1986

(1)

Public Law 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

(1)

Public Law 101-336: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

(1)

Public Law 103-382: Improving America's Schools Act

(1)

Public Law 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act

(2)

Public Law 105--17: Reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 97)

(1)

Public Law 108-446: Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 04)

(8)

Summary

(1)

The Assessment Process: A Proposed Model

(33)

Why Assess?

(13)

Initial Identification (Screening)

(1)

Determination and Evaluation of Teaching Programs and Strategies (Prereferral Assessment)

(2)

Determination of Current Performance Level and Educational Need

(1)

Decisions about Eligibility

(5)

Development of the Individualized Education Program

(3)

Decisions about Program Placement

(2)

How Is the Process Initiated?

(1)

What Procedures Should Be Used?

(13)

Norm-Referenced Tests: Types of Scores, Scoring, and Interpretation

(6)

Criterion-Referenced Tests and Curriculum-Based Assessment

(1)

Power versus Speed Tests

(1)

Individual versus Group Tests

(1)

Other Assessment Procedures

(5)

Who Should Assess?

(1)

When Should Assessment Be Conducted?

(2)

What Should Be Done with the Results?

(1)

An Assessment Model

(2)

Summary

(1)

Practical and Ethical Considerations

(28)

Practical Considerations: Factors Affecting Test Results

(22)

Factors Related to the Examinee

(5)

Factors Related to the Examiner and the Examiner--Examinee Relationship

(7)

Factors Related to the Test

(9)

Ethical Considerations

(3)

Summary

(3)

PART II Informal Procedures: Basic Tools for Teachers

(82)

Observational Assessment

(26)

Student Observation---Informal Systems

(12)

Goals of Observing Student Behavior

(1)

Student Observation: A Model

(10)

Student Observation---Formal Systems

104

(1)

Observation of the Instructional Environment

105

(2)

Functional Behavior Assessment

107

(7)

Summary Matrix

114

(3)

Criterion-Referenced Testing and Curriculum-Based Assessment

117

(29)

Criterion-Referenced Tests

117

(10)

An Overview of Principles

118

(3)

Development of Criterion-Referenced Tests: Procedures and Examples

121

(6)

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA)

127

(1)

Criterion-Referenced CBA (CR-CBA)

128

(5)

Development of a Criterion-Referenced CBA Instrument: An Example

129

(4)

Uses and Limitations of Criterion-Referenced CBA Instruments

133

(1)

Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)

133

(10)

Computer-Based CBM

138

(2)

Uses and Limitations of CBM

140

(3)

CR-CBA and CBM: An Integrated Model

143

(2)

Summary Matrix

145

(1)

Portfolio Assessment and Other Alternative Procedures

146

(25)

Performance Assessment

149

(3)

Limitations

150

(2)

Authentic Assessment

152

(1)

Portfolio Assessment

153

(14)

Purposes for Portfolio Assessment

154

(3)

Portfolio Development: Procedures and Examples

157

(10)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Portfolio Assessment

167

(3)

Summary Matrix

170

(1)

PART III Assessment of Abilities

171

(110)

Assessment of Intelligence

173

(23)

Alternatives to Traditional Tests

175

(3)

Learning Potential Assessment Strategy

176

(1)

Learning Potential Assessment Device

177

(1)

Paired-Associate Learning

177

(1)

Chronometric Techniques

177

(1)

Intelligence Tests: General Purpose and Description

178

(11)

Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude--4

180

(2)

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale--Fifth Edition

182

(4)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition

186

(3)

Additional Instruments

189

(6)

Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System

190

(1)

Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test

191

(1)

Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test--II

191

(1)

McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities

192

(1)

Slosson Full-Range Intelligence Test

192

(1)

Slosson Intelligence Test--Revised 3

193

(2)

Summary Matrix

195

(1)

Assessment of Adaptive Behavior

196

(27)

Adaptive Behavior Instruments

199

(18)

Adaptive Behavior Inventory

199

(2)

AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale--Second Edition: Residential and Community Edition; School Edition

201

(5)

Assessment of Adaptive Areas

206

(3)

Scales of Independent Behavior--Revised

209

(3)

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

212

(5)

Additional Adaptive Behavior Instruments

217

(4)

Adaptive Behavior Assessment System--Second Edition

217

(1)

Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test

217

(1)

Normative Adaptive Behavior Checklist

218

(1)

Responsibility and Independence Scale for Adolescents

218

(3)

Summary Matrix

221

(2)

Assessment of Behavioral and Emotional Status

223

(30)

Behavior-Rating Scales

225

(1)

Classroom/Home Behavior Instruments

226

(6)

Behavior Rating Profile--2

226

(3)

The Devereux Behavior Rating Scale--School Form

229

(3)

Additional Classroom/Home Behavior Instruments

232

(1)

Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

232

(1)

Emotional or Behavior Disorder Scale--Revised

233

(1)

Revised Behavior Problem Checklist

233

(1)

Social Skills Instruments

233

(1)

ADHD Instruments

234

(4)

Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale--2

236

(1)

ADD-H Comprehensive Teacher's Rating Scale (Second Edition)

237

(1)

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Test

237

(2)

Conners Rating Scales--Revised

239

Diagnostic Assessment Scales for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

238

(1)

Autism Instruments

238

(3)

Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning--2

239

(1)

Childhood Autism Rating Scale

239

(1)

Gilliam Autism Rating Scale

240

(1)

Measurement of Emotional Status

241

(11)

Projective Methods

241

(4)

Self-Concept Measures

245

(2)

Inventories and Questionnaires

247

(5)

Summary Matrix

252

(1)

Assessment of Oral Language

253

(28)

Informal Assessment of Language Skills

256

(5)

Eliciting the Sample

257

(1)

Analyzing the Sample

258

(3)

Formal Language Tests

261

(9)

Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test--2

259

(2)

Oral and Written Language Scales (Oral Scales)

261

(2)

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III

263

(2)

Test of Adolescent and Adult Language--3

265

(3)

Tests of Language Development--3

268

(2)

Additional Oral Language Instruments

270

(4)

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing

270

(1)

Expressive Vocabulary Test

271

(1)

Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities--3

272

(1)

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language--3

272

(2)

Tests for Speech and Language Clinicians

274

(4)

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals--4

274

(1)

Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language

274

(1)

Language Processing Test--Revised

275

(1)

Test of Pragmatic Skills

275

(1)

Test of Problem Solving--Revised

276

(1)

Test of Word Finding--2

276

(2)

Summary Matrix

278

(3)

PART IV Assessment of Achievement

281

(122)

Assessment of General Achievement

283

(32)

Norm-Referenced Tests (Group-Administered)

285

(3)

Iowa Test of Basic Skills

286

(1)

Metropolitan Achievement Tests--Eighth Edition

286

(3)

Stanford Achievement Test Series--Tenth Edition

289

(1)

Terra Nova--Second Edition

289

Tests of Achievement and Proficiency

288

(1)

Norm-Referenced Tests (Individually Administered)

288

(13)

Diagnostic Achievement Battery--3

289

(4)

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement--II

293

(4)

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test--II

297

(4)

Additional Individually Administered Instruments

301

(3)

Diagnostic Achievement Test for Adolescents--2

301

(1)

Hammill Multiability Achievement Test

302

(1)

Mini-Battery of Achievement

302

(1)

Peabody Individual Achievement Test--Revised/Normative Update

303

(1)

Wide Range Achievement Test--3

304

(1)

Criterion-Referenced Instruments

304

(9)

Multicomponent Instruments: The Brigance Inventories

305

(6)

Multilevel Academic Survey Test--Curriculum Level

311

(2)

Summary Matrix

313

(2)

Assessment of Reading

315

(29)

Reading Assessment

319

(1)

Informal Reading Assessment Procedures

319

(10)

Informal Reading Inventories

319

(3)

Other Informal Techniques

322

(7)

Emergent Reading Tests

329

(1)

Basic Early Assessment of Reading

329

(1)

Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment--Second Edition

329

(1)

Early Reading Success Indicator

330

(1)

Pre-Reading Inventory of Phonological Awareness

330

(1)

Diagnostic Reading Tests

330

(7)

Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test--4

331

(3)

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests--Revised/Normative Update

334

(3)

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