Assessing Learners with Special Needs

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Special Education Assessment A practical, applied approach to assessing learners with special needs from early childhood through transition Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, Seventh Edition provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to learning about the complex procedures of the assessment process. Integrated cases help facilitate reader comprehension of difficult concepts. Practice exercises provide an opportunity for readers to monitor their progress.Part 1 Introduction to Assessment Chapter 1 An Introduction Part 2 Technical Prerequisites of Understanding Assessment Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics Chapter 3 Reliability and Validity Chapter 4 An Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment Part 3 Assessing Students Chapter 5 Curriculum-Based Assessment and Other Informal Measures Chapter 6 Response to Intervention Chapter 7 Academic Assessment Chapter 8 Assessment of Behavior Chapter 9 Measurement of Intelligence and Adaptive Behavior Chapter 10 Special Considerations of Assessment in Early Childhood Chapter 11 Special Considerations of Assessment in Transition Part 4 Interpretation of Assessment Results Chapter 12 Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention Chapter 13 Laws, Ethics, and Issues