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Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs
A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
- Jim Ysseldyke - University of Minnesota, USA
- Bob Algozzine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
March 2006 | 144 pages | Corwin
At last, a practical guide to the what, how, when, and where of effective assessment!
When determining whether or not a student should receive special education services, what the specific nature of the student's instruction should be, or the extent to which a student is making educational progress, it is critical to know not only what sort of assessment method is most appropriate, but how, when, and where it should be administered.
Including a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs helps educators make these weighty decisions with highly practical information such as:
- Formal and informal methods of data collection
- When to use various assessment practices and what they can show an evaluator
- Standards for conducting assessments to ensure accuracy
- Using data to make decisions about the education of students with disabilities and those who are gifted and talented
A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher: The 13-Book Collection equips educators with practical knowledge and methods that will help them to better engage students in exploring-and meeting-their fullest potential.
Also see:
- The Fundamentals of Special Education
- The Legal Foundations of Special Education
- Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs
- Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs
- Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education
- Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Communication Disorders
- Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance
- Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
- Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs
1. What Should Every Teacher Know About Assessment for Decision-Making Purposes?
2. What Are the Most Common Assessment Practices?
3. How Is Assessment Data Collected?
4. Which Methods of Assessment Should Be Use to Sample Certain Behaviors and Abilities?
5. What Standards Must Be Met To Ensure the Accuracy of an Assessment?
6. What Concerns Do Parents, Students, and the General Public Have About Assessments?
7. What Are the Assumptions Underlying Assessment Practices?
8. What Guidelines Should Be Followed for Appropriate Assessment?
9. Assessment in Perspective
10. What Have We Learned?
Resources
References
Index