Assessing Students With Special Needs

Accessible, current, and comprehensive...This text not only combines coverage of formal and informal assessment, but also takes the extra step to show how to really use assessment results to improve education for special students. Assessing Students with Special Needs, Fifth Edition, prepares future teachers for all phases of the assessment process, from selecting assessment tools to using results to adapt instruction. Features of the fifth edition include: New and extensive coverage of functional behavioral assessment Excellent new coverage of the 1997 amendments to IDEA and the impact of this law on how and when students are assessed New coverage on the use of portfolios with students with special needs Complete update of all key assessment instruments Companion Website: www.prenhall.com/mcloughlinMcLoughlin, James A. is the author of 'Assessing Students With Special Needs', published 2000 under ISBN 9780130852090 and ISBN 0130852090.