Assessing Learners With Special Needs : An Applied Approach - 6th edition

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ASSESSMENT

Chapter 1 An Introduction CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards Assessment: A Necessary Part of Teaching Monitor Your Progress Historical and Contemporary Models of Assessment Contemporary Model of Assessment Evaluating Student Progress in the Classroom Designing an Assessment Plan Assessing the Whole Child: Cultural Considerations

Chapter 2 Law, Ethics, and Issues CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards The Law: Public Law 94-142 and IDEA IDEA and Assessment Evaluating Children with Specific Learning Disabilities Meeting the Needs of Persons with Attention Disorders IEP Team Evaluation Determining Eligibility Parent Participation Developing the Individualized Education Program Transition Services Due Process Impartial Due Process Hearing Section 504 Research and Issues Concerning IDEA Issues of Nondiscriminatory Assessment Disproportionality The Multidisciplinary Team and the Decision-Making Process Least Restrictive Environment Impartial Hearings Ethics and Standards

PART 2 TECHNICAL PREREQUISITES OF UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT

Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards Why Is Measurement Important? Getting Meaning from Numbers Review of Numerical Scales Descriptive Statistics Measures of Central Tendency Average Performance Measures of Dispersion Mean Differences Skewed Distributions Types of Scores

Chapter 4 Reliability and Validity CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards Reliability and Validity in Assessment Correlation Methods of Measuring Reliability Which Type of Reliability Is the Best? Standard Error of Measurement Estimated True Scores Test Validity Reliability versus Validity

Chapter 5 Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment CEC Knowledge and Skills Standards How Norm-Referenced Tests are Constructed Basic S