Full Description
An accessible, contemporary text for special education teachers; packed with easy-to-use and apply examples and assessment tools for use in today's classrooms
This highly respected textbook focuses on current assessment issues and procedures that every special educator needs to know. The text's integrated approach emphasizes in-class assessment approaches as well as more formal measures and instruments. Throughout the authors provide numerous practical examples of how the techniques and procedures can be used in the classroom. The book provides the ideal teaching and learning experience through:
Practical, ready-to-use materials integrated within instruction delivery methods.
Relevant case studies that connect and highlight key assessment ideas, practices, research, and issues.
Current assessment topics examined in every chapter, including RTI, curriculum-based assessment, teacher-developed assessment, informal assessment measures, and common core standards.
A user-friendly instructional resource manual that includes an extensive test item bank for each chapter.
Contents
Brief Contents
Understanding Assessment
Response to Intervention
Assessment Framework
Involving Families
Reliability and Validity
Developing Technical Skills
Test Interpretation and Report Writing
Observing, Interviewing, and Conferencing
Behavior
Achievement: Overall Performance
Reading
Written Language
Oral Language
Mathematics
Performance-Based, Authentic, and Portfolio Assessments
Intelligence
Young Children
Youth in Transition
