Assessing Learners With Special Needs 8th Edition ( An Applied Approach)

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By (author) Overton Terry

A practical, applied approach to assessing learners with special needs from early childhood through transition

Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, 8/e provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to learning about the complex procedures of the assessment process. This new edition provides a new presentation format and a new format for assessing student mastery of material through interactive learning activities. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video, assessments, and exercises.

Table of contents
Brief Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction to Assessment 1

1. Introduction
2. Laws, Ethics, and Issues

Part II: Technical Prerequisites of Understanding Assessment

1. Descriptive Statistics
2. Reliability and Validity
3. An Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment

Part III: Assessing Students

1. Curriculum-Based Assessment and Other Informal Measures
2. Response to Intervention and Progress Monitoring
3. Academic Assessment
4. Assessment of Behavior
5. Measures of Intelligence and Adaptive Behavior
6. Special Considerations of Assessment in Early Childhood
7. Special Considerations of Transition

Part IV: Interpretation of Assessment Results

1. Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention

GlossaryReferencesName IndexSubject Index

Biographical note

Terry Overton has experience as a special education classroom teacher, educational diagnostician, and consults with school districts regularly as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She conducts research in the area of autism spectrum disorders and assessment and she continues to provide professional development to school districts to assist with the implementation of RTI models.

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Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, 8/e provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to learning about the complex procedures of the assessment process. This new edition provides a new presentation format and a new format for assessing student mastery of material through interactive learning activities. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video, assessments, and exercises.

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The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. These point-of-use videos illustrate various assessment techniques and strategies in context.
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content
  . Exercises matched to chapter learning outcomes help readers apply the concepts and ensure that they master the learning outcomes. Exercises and suggested feedback are provided in the Pearson eText.
• Interactive:
  • Chapter Quizzes
    . At the end of each chapter, a pop-up multiple-choice quiz assesses students’ understanding of chapter content.
  • Course Progress Monitoring Activities. At the end of each section, a pop-up assessment allows students to monitor their progress as they master the material presented.
  • Pre-test
    . A pre-test in Chapter 1, which includes feedback, helps assess understanding of course material at the outset.

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