The article describes the adaptation of a commercially available monitoring system to evaluate handicapped students' progress over a variety of skills. (CL)

Seven techniques for evaluating special education instructional materials are discussed. (SBH)

Two papers from a Houston seminar on the concept of adaptive behavior provide a review of adaptive behavior measures and a discussion of Jane Mercer's assessment model. Tables present information on administration and content of eight measures: the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) Clinical, and AAMD School, Caine-Levine, California…

Techniques for evaluating and teaching the use of scissors in primary level children are described. (SBH)

Precision teaching is advocated as a means of complying with the Education for All Handicapped Children's Act requirement of progress reports on all handicapped children in regular programs. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)

The ability of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) to identify developmental strengths and weaknesses was investigated with 60 nursery school children and 62 Head Start children. (Author)

Offered is a method of statistically analyzing questions concerned with identifying criteria used in evaluating teaching methods used with the handicapped. The method is demonstrated with the question of the effect of teacher presenters knowing beforehand the criteria on which their presentations will be judged. The evaluation design is described…

Described is the use of the goal attainment scale in evaluating and monitoring programs for the handicapped in local Texas school districts. It is explained that current and anticipated functioning levels are plotted for 11 weighted components, including assessment, diagnosis, placement, teacher planning, phyiscal arrangement, and quality and…

The paper describes the emergence of the variety of modified approaches toward the assessment of cognitive skills. A change in emphasis away from norm-referenced assessment toward criterion-referenced assessment is noted. For such approaches as emphasis on the process rather than the product, intense detailed behavioral observations, and…

Two models for program evaluation as related to decision making of routinely operated special education programs are discussed. One model deals with judgmental data collected from staff members once a year and ways to insert that data into the budget planning and program change processes. The other model deals with inclusion of student performance…

Described is a generalized model for the evaluation of instructional materials and media designed to be usable by the Instructional Materials Centers/Regional Media Centers/Regional Resource Centers Network. The model is described as a guide to the inclusion of the critical elements in an evaluation problem situation. Discussed are a system for…

Provided is a listing of 60 assessment devices that may be used with children between 0 and 60 months. Entries are listed alphabetically by title and usually include the following information: publisher, age range, testing time, cost, and an annotation. It is noted that annotations do not imply support by the sponsoring organization (Northeast…