Full Description
Researchers have found that 74% of students with reading difficulties in third grade continue to have trouble reading in high school. Likewise, children with behavioral difficulties at an early age have an increased risk for school maladjustment and antisocial activity. Universal screening identifies students for help before difficulties become too pervasive.
This book provides evidence-based guidance for selecting, developing, implementing, and interpreting universal screening instruments in educational settings. Educational psychology experts thoroughly explore psychometric issues, fit with models of education like response-to-invervention and multi-gating, and implementation issues like teacher training, parental consent, technology, budgets, and school characteristic.
Designed to be a cost-effective and brief assessment of all students, universal screening not only identifies those in need of prevention and early intervention services but also helps determine whether core educational programs are meeting student's needs.
This book provides examples and describes contexts in which screening is used not to label a problem but instead to create an opportunity for change.
Contents
Contributors
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter : An Introduction to Universal Screening in Educational Settings
Ryan J. Kettler, Todd A. Glover, Craig A. Albers, and Kelly A. Feeney-Kettler
Part I. Universal Screening Within Educational Models
Chapter 2: Screening Within a Multitiered Early Prevention Model: Using Assessment to Inform Instruction and Promote Students' Response to Intervention
Danielle M. Parisi, Tanya Ihlo, and Todd A. Glover
Chapter 3: Multiple-Gating Approaches in Universal Screening Within School and Community Settings
Hill M. Walker, Jason W. Small, Herbert H. Severson, John R. Seeley, and Edward G. Feil
Part II. Developing, Evaluating, and Implementing Screening
Chapter 4: Developing and Evaluating Screening Systems: Practical and Psychometric Considerations
Theodore J. Christ and Peter M. Nelson
Chapter 5: Screening as Innovation: Implementation Challenges
Susan G. Forman, Tzivia R. Jofen, and Audrey R. Lubin
Part III. Content-Specific Screening
Chapter : Early Childhood Literacy Screening
Scott R. McConnell, Tracy A. Bradfield, and Alisha K. Wackerle-Hollman
Chapter 7: Screening for Early Reading Skills: Using Data to Guide Resources and Instruction
Matthew K. Burns, Katherine Haegele, and Shawna Petersen-Brown
Chapter 8: Mathematics Screening Measures for the Primary Grades
Ben Clarke, Kelly Haymond, and Russell Gersten
Chapter 9: Broadband Screening of Academic and Social Behavior
James C. DiPerna, Catherine G. Bailey, and Christopher Anthony
Chapter : Behavioral and Mental Health Screening
Randy W. Kamphaus, Cecil R. Reynolds, and Bridget V. Dever
Chapter : Universal Screening of English Language Learners: Language Proficiency and Literacy
Craig A. Albers and Paige L. Mission
Index
About the Editors
