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Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; Rieth, Herbert J. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This article discusses forces affecting the advance of technology-based assessment in special education, noting the improved quality achieved through merger of assessment methods and electronic technology including networking, expert systems, authoring software, and multimedia. It notes, however, that the potential of technology-based assessment…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedGerber, Michael M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
Design details, operation, and initial field test results are reported for DynaMath, a computer-based dynamic assessment system that provides individually tailored, instructionally useful assessment of students with disabilities. DynaMath organizes and outputs student performance data, graphically shows the "zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Curriculum Based Assessment
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This article introduces a special issue on technology-based assessment within special education. It notes the effects of the 1988 Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act and briefly reviews the nine papers in the issue. (DB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
The Ecobehavioral Assessment Systems Software (EBASS) is a computer-assisted student observational system which contains three instruments widely used in special education research. This article describes the background, instruments, supporting technology, validation research, and barriers to the use of computer-assisted observational assessment.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedIrvin, Larry K.; Walker, Hill M. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This article reviews the content and procedural requirements of social competence assessment for children with disabilities and presents information on multiperspective prototype assessments using a videodisc and a microcomputer with a "touch screen." Preliminary psychometric data on sensitivity, reliability, and construct validity are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHanley, Tom V. – Exceptional Children, 1995
This article explores the relationship between the inclusion movement and the development of national standards for "all students," and outlines their implications for technology-assisted improvements in assessment of students with disabilities. Testing accommodations, such as input/output adaptations, can be facilitated with technology, and new…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedWoodward, John; Howard, Lisa – Exceptional Children, 1994
TORUS, a prototype technology-based educational diagnostic program, is described. The usefulness of TORUS to identify and remediate the mathematics misconceptions of students with learning disabilities is reported. Results suggest the need for greater emphasis on conceptual understanding in mathematics instruction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
An inductive assessment model for developing individualized instructional programs for special needs students is reviewed, followed by a discussion of how computer programs can help teachers solve logistical and technical problems of inductive assessment models and how expert systems can provide instructional advice. Expert systems for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Curriculum Based Assessment, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLoeding, Barbara L.; Crittenden, Jerry B. – Exceptional Children, 1994
Two versions of a criterion-referenced videodisc-based instrument, SHIPS (Self-Help InterPersonal Skills), have been developed for high school students with hearing impairments. Students can choose either American Sign Language or English-based sign versions of assessment items. Field testing found that use of SHIPS enhanced data validity and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Deafness
Peer reviewedHofmeister, Alan M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
This article describes an assessment approach for students with severe and multiple disabilities, SMH.PAL, that employs expert system technology. The system matches behavior topography with studies describing treatment approaches and then generates case-specific, annotated descriptions of potentially useful articles. It also models an approach to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Testing
