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Yun, Cathy; Melnick, Hanna; Wechsler, Marjorie – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
Early childhood assessments can provide important information to guide instruction and inform policy. Given the widespread and growing use of statewide kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs), in particular, it is important that policymakers understand how to choose and use assessments wisely. This brief summarizes research showing how authentic…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Performance Based Assessment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Evaluation
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Yun, Cathy; Melnick, Hanna; Wechsler, Marjorie – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
High-quality early childhood programs aim to foster children's learning through developmentally appropriate practices and environments. Early childhood assessments, when well designed and well implemented, can support developmentally appropriate early learning experiences by providing information to guide instruction and support whole child…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Evaluation
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Reynolds, Cecil R.; Shaywitz, Sally E. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
Response to Intervention (RTI) models of diagnosis and intervention are being implemented rapidly throughout the schools. The purposes of invoking an RTI model for disabilities in the schools clearly are laudable, yet close examination reveals an unappreciated paucity of empirical support for RTI and an overly optimistic view of its practical,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Federal Programs
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Bagnato, Stephen J.; Macy, Marisa – NHSA Dialog, 2010
Authentic assessment is a growing alternative to conventional testing. This research-to-practice article describes a framework for implementing authentic assessment. The R-E-A-L framework shows how roles, equipment, assessment tools, and location can be incorporated into early childhood practices.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Performance Based Assessment, Program Implementation, Guidelines
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Lewis, Ann; And Others – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
This article analyzes implementation of the "Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs" by special schools in England and Wales. A survey of schools, including 73 special schools, concluded that the Code's potential universality is being lost through an overemphasis on implementation of procedural…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Practices
Barrows, Patricia L.; And Others – CAPED Journal, 1989
Learning Skills Services, a federally funded student support service program, is responsible for learning disability assessment and provision of a continuum of services at Sonoma State University in Northern California. In response to the perceived lack of assessment and procedures standards for identifying learning-disabled students at the state…
Descriptors: College Students, Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Citron, Christiane H. – 1983
This brief report states that legal problems with competency testing have been more procedural than substantive-more concerned with implementation than legitimacy. The right to notice is the most straight-forward and firmly established principle to emerge from competency testing litigation. Students must have fair warning and opportunity to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Legislation
Phoenix Union High School District, AZ. – 1981
This manual provides guidelines for implementing the instructional program in mathematics prescribed for the Basic Skills Project of the Phoenix, Arizona, Union High School District. The project supplements instructional efforts for students whose basic skills in reading, English/writing, and mathematics are in greatest need of improvement. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Dworkin, Paul H.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1981
Results of a study concerning 21 children undergoing pediatric-based assessment indicate that the majority of recommendations evolving from the combined, interdisciplinary assessment are implemented and approved by parents and school personnel. Study results support pediatric-based assessments for school problems and demonstrate the advantages of…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Therapy, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Rankin, Philip; Rees-Davies, Neil – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
This article discusses the development and implementation of procedures to comply with the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs in a special British school for children with disabilities. The procedures involve observing the student, conducting diagnostic assessments, determining areas and levels of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Wang, Margaret C.; And Others – 1980
A description and discussion of the design, development, implementation, evaluation and effects of the Individualized Early Learning Program (IELP) are presented in this paper. Implemented in Project Follow Through and other school settings, the IELP gives priority to teaching basic skills and concepts needed for school performance to children in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. Div. of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services. – 1987
This guide provides an understanding of the scope and purpose of educational services in Vermont for young children with handicaps and their families. Section titles are as follows, with chapter titles in parentheses: (1) "Overall Program Development" ("Programmatic Philosophy and Policies,""Planning and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1987
The Mainstream Assistance Team (MAT) project is a 3-year research program designed to develop, implement, and validate a prereferral intervention model. The model is a least-restrictive, preventative, ecologically-based, problem-solving approach, using a multidisciplinary team composed of a school psychologist, special educator, and general…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Educational Cooperation
Phoenix Union High School District, AZ. – 1981
This manual provides guidelines for implementing the instructional program in English/writing prescribed for the Basic Skills Project of the Phoenix, Arizona, Union High School District. The project supplements instructional efforts for students whose basic skills in reading, English/writing, and mathematics are in greatest need of improvement.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sugai, George; And Others – 1986
This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with basic assessment and evaluation procedures for use in identifying and evaluating disabled students. Included among those topics addressed in the individual sections of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education
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