Assessment Of Exceptional Students: Educational And Psychological Procedures - Couverture rigide

Taylor, Ronald L.

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

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

Highlights of the Seventh Edition:

  • NEW! Coverage of the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 2004 reauthorization and its implications on assessment. In addition, a section on the companion Web site will keep students and instructors informed about the latest information regarding IDEA and its forthcoming regulations.
  • Increased coverage of accommodations–very timely based on the requirements of IDEA.
  • Increased coverage of alternate assessment, including observation, criterion-referenced testing, curriculum-based and portfolio assessment, and other alternative procedures.
  • New information about the role of assessment in No Child Left Behind and high-stakes testing.
  • Updated references and reviews of literature on the norm-referenced tests.
  • Descriptions of many revised tests including the WISC-IV, Stanford-Binet-5, KTEA-II, KABC-II, and the BASC-2.
  • Chapters 5 and 6 have been streamlined to align the steps and examples of developing CRTs and CBAs.
  • Additional examples of determining basals and ceilings using real tests.
  • Appendix C has been moved to Chapter 2 in order to provide early information about how assessment data are used for determining eligibility for special education.
  • Includes margin icons that indicate where information related to diversity, technology, and test accommodations is mentioned.
  • Chapter 12 (Assessment of Reading) now includes information on instruments for assessing emerging reading skills, consistent with the Early Reading First mandate of NCLB.

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