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Bruneau, Odette – 1989
Assessment of preschoolers with handicaps presents a challenge to assessment personnel due to the children's unwillingness to separate from their parents, non-compliant behaviors, short attention spans, limited expressive language, and other problems. Planning and scheduling considerations include scheduling assessments when the child is…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Problems
Lowenthal, Barbara – Academic Therapy, 1989
The special educator must be aware of possible sources of error in assessment of children with learning problems. Sources of error can be attributed to unconscious examiner bias, ambiguous test responses, linguistic and cultural differences of the examiner and examinee, previous test-taking experience, and problems with test reliability and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems, Experimenter Characteristics
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 2001
One of a series of booklets on disability research, this paper is intended as an introduction to the role of evaluation in the utilization process. Its purpose is to help disability researchers grasp the importance of incorporating a focus on assessing use into plans for disseminating research outcomes. The paper begins by examining basic…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Disabilities, Evaluation