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Davis, Sharon T.; Hathaway, Donna J. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Parents can prepare their preschoolers for educational assessment by: determining reasons for the assessment; collecting relevant information and questions for the assessment team; discussing the testing program with their children and making sure they are comfortable; and discussing assessment results fully with the professionals when they have…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Preschool Children
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Direct linkSpinelli, Cathleen G. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
Existing research indicates that there is a disproportionate number of students with cultural and linguistic differences, English Language Learners (ELL), who are misidentified as learning disabled when their problems are due to cultural and/or linguistic differences. As a consequence, these students do not receive appropriate services. With the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1986
The manual provides information on alternative testing techniques for students identified as handicapped. The first section discusses the legal basis for the use of alternative testing techniques, as well as student eligibility. Section 2 provides examples of test modifications in the following areas: (1) manner of presentation (flexible…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Disabilities
Lowenthal, Barbara – Academic Therapy, 1988
Maintaining the precision necessary for administering norm referenced tests can be a problem for the special education teacher who is trained to assist the student. Criterion-referenced tests, observations, and interviews are presented as effective alternative assessment techniques. (JDD)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
