648 pages
2007
ISBN: 9780131961913 This comprehensive text for future teachers of learners with disabilities is grounded in the idea that assessment is at the center of all good teaching. Its hallmarks are its accessibility, balanced coverage of both formal and informal assessment, plus thorough exploration of the link between gathering information and actually using it to make informed decisions. Offering a step-by-step Assessment Question Model on the inside front cover, it equips readers to understand the complete assessment process, from choosing the best tool, to adapting instruction to improving outcomes. Popular, as well as lesser-known, tools are examined in order to acquaint readers with promising procedures for assessing students with special needs.
Features and benefits:
- Tools for Assessment–A handy list of all of the formal and informal tools discussed in the text. Serves as a helpful reference for exam preparation.
- The Assessment Question Model, questioning techniques used when assessing students; and the inside back cover lists Standard 8 of the Council for Exceptional Children's Professional Standards. For special education professionals, Standard 8 deals with assessment skills and knowledge competencies .
- More than 50 new assessment measures: including the latest editions of the Diagnostic WJIII Achievement Battery, the Test of Gross Motor Development, and the Culture Free Self-Esteem Inventories. Familiarizes students with the major assessment measurements currently in use equipping them for the expectations of today's educational arena.
- Authentic cases, with reflective questions, in every chapter-Assessment in Action. Illustrate assessment as it happens in real classrooms with real teachers and pupils; place students in the role of the classroom teacher and help them understand its demands.
- Companion Website with additional activities, including Assessment in Action reflective activities, a Glossary, and CEC activities tied to the knowledge and skills standards.
- Thorough updating throughout: especially with recent legislation, reform movements, techniques for ongoing classroom assessment, testing accommodations for special needs students, grading/report cards, phonological processing, and collaborative parent-professional partnerships.
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