Assessing Students with Special Needs -- Pearson eText

A practical, applied approach to testing, measurement, and using evaluation as part of instruction. Well respected for its practical, applied approach to testing and measurement, Assessing Students with Special Needs continues to focus on how teachers can use evaluation as part of instruction. In the 5th Edition, the author highlights what you really need to know in order to include assessment in the teaching and learning process. Coverage includes all of the core information expected in an assessment text and goes far beyond the basics to address multicultural considerations, curriculum-based measurement, curriculum-based assessment, and the most current versions of the most widely used tests. This popular text shows you how assessment is much more than giving a test to a child. It clearly illustrates why assessment is an essential tool in helping children achieve, learn, develop, grow, progress, and succeed. With this resource as a guide, you'll see why, when, and how to use the complete range of assessment methods, tools, techniques, and procedures. For courses in testing and measurement. Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that you can purchase on your own or instructors can assign for their course. The mobile app lets you keep on learning, no matter where your day takes you, even offline. You can also add highlights, bookmarks, and notes in your Pearson eText to study how you like. NOTE: This ISBN is for the Pearson eText access card. Pearson eText is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. Before purchasing, check that you have the correct ISBN. To register for and use Pearson eText, you may also need a course invite link, which your instructor will provide. Follow the instructions provided on the access card to learn more.

Table of Contents:
Brief Contents PART I THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS CHAPTER 1 DEFINING AND DESCRIBING THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHAPTER 2 STEPS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS PART II ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS AND SKILLS CHAPTER 3 PRACTICAL MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS CHAPTER 4 TEST SCORES AND WHAT THEY MEAN CHAPTER 5 SELECTING AND USING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS PART III ASSESSING GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHAPTER 6 ASSESSING INTELLIGENCE AND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR CHAPTER 7 DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND BILINGUAL ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 9 ASSESSING BEHAVIOR CHAPTER 10 CAREER AND VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT PART IV ASSESSING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CHAPTER 11 ASSESSING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: GENERAL STRATEGIES CHAPTER 12 ASSESSING READING ACHIEVEMENT CHAPTER 13 ASSESSING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT CHAPTER 14 ASSESSING WRITTEN EXPRESSION CHAPTER 15 PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT

About the Author :
John Venn is a Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. John's experience includes serving as a classroom teacher, an educational diagnostician, a university professor, a researcher, a grant writer, and an administrator. His teaching, research, and service interests focus on how to assess and evaluate students with special needs as well as on curriculum-based assessment and measurement. John's interests extend to technology and online learning; he maintains a website dedicated to assisting teachers with student assessment, and he has taught online courses in assessment. John is committed to finding practical solutions to the most difficult problems and issues in testing and measurement. For this reason, he spends considerable time in schools where he learns first hand how teachers are conducting assessment. John takes what he learns in the schools back to the university where he incorporates his experiences into his classes and scholarship. To learn more about John's work in assessment visit his website at www.johnvenn.com.