Assessment:InSpecialandInclusiveEducation

Settingthestandardinprofessionalassessmentresources，ASSESSMENToffersbasicassessmentinformationalongwithahandbook-stylereferencetocomprehensive，frankreviewsofthetestsmostadministeredinK-12schools.Updatedtoreflectchangesinthefield，theneweditiontakesadvantageofthetext’srobustwebsite，EducationCourseMate，toconveyinformationandpromoteactivelearning.Italsobringstotheforefrontthe"hottopics"ofRTIandELL，whileretainingkeyfeaturesthathavemadethetextaclassic.Theauthorsfocusonstandardizedteststhatareusedtoassessstudentsinspecialandinclusiveeducation：thedetailsofthetests，whatdoesanddoesn’tworkwiththem，andhowtointerpretthetestdata--butalsohowtolookattheindividualchild’sneeds.Appropriatefornovicesandexperts，thistextequipsreaderswiththeknowledgeandtoolstoassesstheirstudents’skillsandabilitieseffectivelyandefficiently.Featuringanemphasisonimprovedoutcomes，itshowsreadershowtobroadentheirassessmentlaborsfromeffortsdesignedtomakepredictionsaboutstudents’livestoeffortsthatcanmakeadifferenceinthelivesofthestudentstheyserve.Inordertoensurethatourreadershaveaccesstoassessmentinformationthatiscomprehensiveandup-to-date，andthatcanbetailoredtotheiruniquelearningneeds，wehavemadegreateruseoftheEducationCourseMate，whichallowsustooffermoreindepthinformationabouttopicsthatmaybeofparticularinteresttoonlyasubsetofreaders.WenowincludeinthetextsummariesoffivechaptersthatareavailableintheirentiretyonCourseMate，includingChapter10，"HowtoEvaluateaTest，"Chapter18，"UsingMeasuresofAdaptiveBehavior，"Chapter19，"AssessmentofInfants，Toddlers，andPreschoolers，"Chapter20，"AssessmentofSensoryAcuity，"andChapter25，"UsingPortfoliosinAssessment."