Assessment of Exceptional Students: Educational and Psychological Procedures: United States Edition - Softcover

Heavily revised, the eighth edition of Assessment of Exceptional Students is both more current and more practical, while continuing to emphasize how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process. A traditional text that provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive and practical approach to special education assessment on the market, it also emphasizes how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process for students with special needs. Not only will readers of the text get the most up-to-date coverage of assessment instruments, techniques, procedures and current concerns in the field, but they will learn the historical, legal and philosophical issues as well. The eighth edition is chock-full of marked improvements to this proven and excellent text, such as a more user-friendly, paperback design, a seamless, interactive case study woven across the chapters, the latest information on assessment techniques and testing accommodations, as well as increased content about assessing students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

A traditional text that provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive and practical approach to special education assessment on the market, Assessment of Exceptional Students emphasizes how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process for students with special needs. Not only will readers get the most up-to-date coverage of assessment instruments, techniques, procedures, and current concerns in the field, but they will learn the historical, legal and philosophical issues as well. The eighth edition is full of enhancements to this proven and excellent text, such as a more user-friendly, paperback design, a seamless, interactive case study woven across the chapters, the latest information on assessment techniques and testing accommodations, as well as increased content about assessing students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

 

New to the eighth edition:

• An i ntricately woven interactive case study introduces information across chapters to give users more application experience.
• Vignettes featured at the beginning of many chapters familiarize readers with different types of students, includes questions to consider while reading, suggested answers to the questions at the end of each chapter, and the actual test results of the students described in the vignettes.
• "Focus on Diversity” feature specifically highlights issues related to assessing students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Increased coverage of alternate assessment and testing accommodations.
• Includes the most current information related to the reauthorization of NCLB and its effect on assessment practices.