Assessment of Exceptional Students : Educational and Psychological Procedures

by Taylor, Ronald L.

• ISBN13: 9780205453825
• ISBN10: 0205453821
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Assessment of Exceptional Students, Seventh Edition, offers a practical approach that emphasizes how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
PART I Introduction to Assessment: Issues and Concerns	1	(88)
Assessment: Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Considerations	3	(25)
Historical Events and Philosophical Movements	4	(6)
Early Twentieth Century	4	(1)
1920s--1950s	4	(1)
1960s	5	(1)
Early 1970s	6	(1)
Late 1970s and Early 1980s	6	(1)
Mid-1980s--Early 1990s	6	(1)
Early 1990s--2000	7	(3)
The New Millennium	10	(1)
Relevant Assessment Litigation	10	(3)
Hobson v. Hansen (1968)	10	(1)
Diana v. State Board of Education (1970)	11	(1)
Guadalupe v. Tempe (1972)	11	(1)
Larry P. v. Riles (1971)	11	(1)
PASE v. Hannon (1980)	12	(1)
Marshall v. Georgia (1984)	12	(1)
Jose P. v. Ambach (1983)	12	(1)
Luke S. & Hans S. v. Nix et al. (1982)	12	(1)
Gerstmyer v. Howard County Public Schools (1994)	12	(1)
Relevant Legislation	13	(14)
Public Law 94-142: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA)	13	(1)
Public Law 99-457: EHA Amendments of 1986	14	(1)
Public Law 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)	15	(1)
Public Law 101-336: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)	15	(1)
Public Law 103-382: Improving America's Schools Act	16	(1)
Public Law 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act	16	(2)
Public Law 105--17: Reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 97)	18	(1)
Public Law 108-446: Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 04)	19	(8)
Summary	27	(1)
The Assessment Process: A Proposed Model	28	(33)
Why Assess?	28	(13)
Initial Identification (Screening)	29	(1)
Determination and Evaluation of Teaching Programs and Strategies (Prereferral Assessment)	29	(2)
Determination of Current Performance Level and Educational Need	31	(1)
Decisions about Eligibility	31	(5)
Development of the Individualized Education Program	36	(3)
Decisions about Program Placement	39	(2)
How Is the Process Initiated?	41	(1)
What Procedures Should Be Used?	42	(13)
Norm-Referenced Tests: Types of Scores, Scoring, and Interpretation	43	(6)
Criterion-Referenced Tests and Curriculum-Based Assessment	49	(1)
Power versus Speed Tests	50	(1)
Individual versus Group Tests	50	(1)
Other Assessment Procedures	50	(5)
Who Should Assess?	55	(1)
When Should Assessment Be Conducted?	56	(2)
What Should Be Done with the Results?	58	(1)
An Assessment Model	58	(2)
Summary	60	(1)
Practical and Ethical Considerations	61	(28)
Practical Considerations: Factors Affecting Test Results	61	(22)
Factors Related to the Examinee	62	(5)
Factors Related to the Examiner and the Examiner--Examinee Relationship	67	(7)
Factors Related to the Test	74	(9)
Ethical Considerations	83	(3)
Summary	86	(3)
PART II Informal Procedures: Basic Tools for Teachers	89	(82)
Observational Assessment	91	(26)
Student Observation---Informal Systems	92	(12)
Goals of Observing Student Behavior	93	(1)
Student Observation: A Model	94	(10)
Student Observation---Formal Systems	104	(1)
Observation of the Instructional Environment	105	(2)
Functional Behavior Assessment	107	(7)
Summary Matrix	114	(3)
Criterion-Referenced Testing and Curriculum-Based Assessment	117	(29)
Criterion-Referenced Tests	117	(10)
An Overview of Principles	118	(3)
Development of Criterion-Referenced Tests: Procedures and Examples	121	(6)
Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA)	127	(1)
Criterion-Referenced CBA (CR-CBA)	128	(5)
Development of a Criterion-Referenced CBA Instrument: An Example	129	(4)
Uses and Limitations of Criterion-Referenced CBA Instruments	133	(1)
Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)	133	(10)
Computer-Based CBM	138	(2)
Uses and Limitations of CBM	140	(3)
CR-CBA and CBM: An Integrated Model	143	(2)
Summary Matrix	145	(1)
Portfolio Assessment and Other Alternative Procedures	146	(25)
Performance Assessment	149	(3)
Limitations	150	(2)
Authentic Assessment	152	(1)
Portfolio Assessment	153	(14)
Purposes for Portfolio Assessment	154	(3)
Portfolio Development: Procedures and Examples	157	(10)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Portfolio Assessment	167	(3)
Summary Matrix	170	(1)
PART III Assessment of Abilities	171	(110)
Assessment of Intelligence	173	(23)
Alternatives to Traditional Tests	175	(3)
Learning Potential Assessment Strategy	176	(1)
Learning Potential Assessment Device	177	(1)
Paired-Associate Learning	177	(1)
Chronometric Techniques	177	(1)
Intelligence Tests: General Purpose and Description	178	(11)
Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude--4	180	(2)
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale--Fifth Edition	182	(4)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition	186	(3)
Additional Instruments	189	(6)
Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System	190	(1)
Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test	191	(1)
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test--II	191	(1)
McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities	192	(1)
Slosson Full-Range Intelligence Test	192	(1)
Slosson Intelligence Test--Revised 3	193	(2)
Summary Matrix	195	(1)
Assessment of Adaptive Behavior	196	(27)
Adaptive Behavior Instruments	199	(18)
Adaptive Behavior Inventory	199	(2)
AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale--Second Edition: Residential and Community Edition; School Edition	201	(5)
Assessment of Adaptive Areas	206	(3)
Scales of Independent Behavior--Revised	209	(3)
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales	212	(5)
Additional Adaptive Behavior Instruments	217	(4)
Adaptive Behavior Assessment System--Second Edition	217	(1)
Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test	217	(1)
Normative Adaptive Behavior Checklist	218	(1)
Responsibility and Independence Scale for Adolescents	218	(3)
Summary Matrix	221	(2)
Assessment of Behavioral and Emotional Status	223	(30)
Behavior-Rating Scales	225	(1)
Classroom/Home Behavior Instruments	226	(6)
Behavior Rating Profile--2	226	(3)
The Devereux Behavior Rating Scale--School Form	229	(3)
Additional Classroom/Home Behavior Instruments	232	(1)
Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale	232	(1)
Emotional or Behavior Disorder Scale--Revised	233	(1)
Revised Behavior Problem Checklist	233	(1)
Social Skills Instruments	233	(1)
ADHD Instruments	234	(4)
Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale--2	236	(1)
ADD-H Comprehensive Teacher's Rating Scale (Second Edition)	237	(1)
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Test	237	(2)
Conners Rating Scales--Revised	239
Diagnostic Assessment Scales for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	238	(1)
Autism Instruments	238	(3)
Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning--2	239	(1)
Childhood Autism Rating Scale	239	(1)
Gilliam Autism Rating Scale	240	(1)
Measurement of Emotional Status	241	(11)
Projective Methods	241	(4)
Self-Concept Measures	245	(2)
Inventories and Questionnaires	247	(5)
Summary Matrix	252	(1)
Assessment of Oral Language	253	(28)
Informal Assessment of Language Skills	256	(5)
Eliciting the Sample	257	(1)
Analyzing the Sample	258	(3)
Formal Language Tests	261	(9)
Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test--2	259	(2)
Oral and Written Language Scales (Oral Scales)	261	(2)
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III	263	(2)
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language--3	265	(3)
Tests of Language Development--3	268	(2)
Additional Oral Language Instruments	270	(4)
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing	270	(1)
Expressive Vocabulary Test	271	(1)
Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities--3	272	(1)
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language--3	272	(2)
Tests for Speech and Language Clinicians	274	(4)
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals--4	274	(1)
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language	274	(1)
Language Processing Test--Revised	275	(1)
Test of Pragmatic Skills	275	(1)
Test of Problem Solving--Revised	276	(1)
Test of Word Finding--2	276	(2)
Summary Matrix	278	(3)
PART IV Assessment of Achievement	281	(122)
Assessment of General Achievement	283	(32)
Norm-Referenced Tests (Group-Administered)	285	(3)
Iowa Test of Basic Skills	286	(1)
Metropolitan Achievement Tests--Eighth Edition	286	(3)
Stanford Achievement Test Series--Tenth Edition	289	(1)
Terra Nova--Second Edition	289
Tests of Achievement and Proficiency	288	(1)
Norm-Referenced Tests (Individually Administered)	288	(13)
Diagnostic Achievement Battery--3	289	(4)
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement--II	293	(4)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test--II	297	(4)
Additional Individually Administered Instruments	301	(3)
Diagnostic Achievement Test for Adolescents--2	301	(1)
Hammill Multiability Achievement Test	302	(1)
Mini-Battery of Achievement	302	(1)
Peabody Individual Achievement Test--Revised/Normative Update	303	(1)
Wide Range Achievement Test--3	304	(1)
Criterion-Referenced Instruments	304	(9)
Multicomponent Instruments: The Brigance Inventories	305	(6)
Multilevel Academic Survey Test--Curriculum Level	311	(2)
Summary Matrix	313	(2)
Assessment of Reading	315	(29)
Reading Assessment	319	(1)
Informal Reading Assessment Procedures	319	(10)
Informal Reading Inventories	319	(3)
Other Informal Techniques	322	(7)
Emergent Reading Tests	329	(1)
Basic Early Assessment of Reading	329	(1)
Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment--Second Edition	329	(1)
Early Reading Success Indicator	330	(1)
Pre-Reading Inventory of Phonological Awareness	330	(1)
Diagnostic Reading Tests	330	(7)
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test--4	331	(3)
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests--Revised/Normative Update	334	(3)
Other Diagnostic Reading Tests	337	(2)
Grapy Diagnostic Reading Test-Second Edition	338	(1)
Test of Reading Comprehension--3	338	(1)
WJ III Diagnostic Reading Battery	338	(1)
Oral Reading Tests	339	(3)
Gray Oral Reading Test--4	339	(1)
Gilmore Oral Reading Test	340	(2)
Summary Matrix	342	(2)
Assessment of Mathematics	344	(29)
Informal Assessment	347	(11)
Error Analysis	348	(4)
Interviews	352	(1)
Authentic Assessment	353	(1)
Other Informal Approaches	353	(5)
Diagnostic Mathematics Tests	358	(7)
Key Math--Revised/Normative Update	358	(3)
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test--4	361	(2)
Test of Mathematical Abilities--2	363	(2)
Other Diagnostic Mathematics Tests	365	(1)
Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test	365	(1)
Test of Early Mathematics Ability--Third Edition	365	(1)
Criterion-Referenced Mathematics Instruments	365	(7)
Diagnostic Assessment of Computation Skills	366	(2)
Mathematics Test Builder and Test Banks	368	(4)
Summary Matrix	372	(1)
Assessment of Written Expression	373	(30)
Informal Assessment	377	(5)
Written Expression and Language Tests	382	(8)
Oral and Written Language Scales (Written Expression Scale)	383	(1)
Test of Written Expression	384	(3)
Test of Written Language--3	387	(3)
Additional Written Language Instruments	390	(2)
Mather-Woodcock Group Writing Tests	390	(1)
Test of Early Written Language--2	391	(1)
Test of Handwriting Skills	391	(1)
Test of Written English	391	(1)
Writing Process Test	392	(1)
Written Language Assessment	392	(1)
Diagnostic Spelling Tests	392	(8)
Test of Written Spelling--4	393	(1)
SuperSpell Assessment Disk	394	(6)
Summary Matrix	400	(3)
PART V Special Assessment Considerations	403	(94)
Comprehensive Assessment Systems	405	(30)
Cognitive/Achievement Assessment Systems	407	(10)
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children--II	407	(3)
Woodcock-Johnson--III	410	(7)
Behavior Assessment Systems	417	(17)
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment	417	(4)
Behavior Assessment System for Children--2	421	(7)
Social Skills Rating System	428	(6)
Summary Matrix	434	(1)
Early Childhood Assessment	435	(32)
Important Components of Early Childhood Assessment	436	(1)
Types of Early Childhood Assessment Procedures	437	(2)
Team Assessment: A Collaborative Effort	439	(2)
Natural Assessment Model	440	(1)
Play-Based Assessment	441	(1)
Screening Instruments	442	(7)
AGS Early Screening Profiles	442	(5)
Development Indicators for the Assessment of Learning--3	447	(2)
Developmental Inventories (Norm-Referenced)	449	(5)
Battelle Developmental Inventory--2	449	(3)
Developmental Profile--II	452	(2)
Readiness and Preacademic Instruments	454	(2)
Boehm Test of Basic Concepts--3	454	(1)
Bracken Basic Concept Scale--Revised	455	(1)
Metropolitan Readiness Tests--Sixth Edition	455	(1)
Developmental Inventories (Criterion-Referenced)	456	(7)
Behavioral Characteristics Progression--Revised	456	(1)
Brigance Inventory of Early Development--II	457	(2)
Vulpe Assessment Battery--Revised	459	(4)
Additional Developmental Inventories	463	(2)
Assessment Log and Developmental Progress Chart-Infants	463	(1)
Callier-Azusa Scale	463	(2)
Summary Matrix	465	(2)
Vocational/Transitional Assessment	467	(30)
Support for Transition Services	470	(1)
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act	471	(1)
Other Important Legislative Acts	471	(1)
Guidelines for Establishing Transition Services: Importance of Vocational Assessment	472	(4)
Other Important Considerations	473	(2)
Developing Transition Goals for the IEP	475	(1)
Informal Procedures	476	(14)
Checklists and Rating Scales	476	(2)
Work Samples	478	(1)
Curriculum-Based Vocational Assessment	479	(1)
Direct Observation and Ecological Assessment	480	(7)
Portfolio Assessment	487	(1)
Outcomes Assessment	488	(2)
Interest and Aptitude Instruments	490	(6)
Differential Aptitude Tests	490	(1)
Job Observation and Behavior Scale	491	(1)
Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule--3	492	(1)
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory	492	(1)
Vocational Preference Inventory--Revised	493	(1)
Wide Range Interest-Opinion Test	494	(2)
Summary Matrix	496	(1)
PART VI Examples	497	(17)
Examples: Putting It All Together	499	(15)
Case Study: Frank, a Student with Mild Disabilities	499	(9)
Step One: Initial Identification	500	(1)
Step Two: Prereferral Assessment: Developing and Evaluating Teaching Programs and Strategies	500	(2)
Step Three: Referral	502	(1)
Step Four: Obtaining Parental Permission	502	(1)
Step Five: Formal Assessment Procedures---The IEP Process	502	(6)
Case Study: James, a Student with Severe Disabilities	508	(5)
Step One: Initial Identification	509	(1)
Step Two: Referral	509	(1)
Step Three: Obtaining Parental Permission	509	(1)
Step Four: Formal Assessment Procedures---The IEP Process	509	(4)
Summary	513	(1)
Appendix A Process Instruments (Instruments Used for Measuring Processing Skills)	514	(5)
Appendix B Instruments for Measuring Traumatic Brain Injury	519	(4)
Appendix C Functional Behavior Assessment Form	523	(5)
Appendix D Cognitive Measures for Special Populations	528	(5)
References	533	(29)
Author Index	562	(8)
Subject Index	570	(7)
Test Index	577