Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach - Softcover

Overton, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130943096 ISBN 13: 9780130943095

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For courses in Assessment in Special Education.

The fourth edition of this popular text is again written specifically for the majority of future teachers―those who will teach in public school special education classrooms. This text offers everything these teachers will need in order to assess pupils with mild to moderate disabilities―and presents these complex concepts in a straightforward, step-by-step manner complete with practice exercises for every step, case studies, and plenty of measurement examples. From calculating chronological age scores and raw test results, to effectively writing educational objectives required for IEPs, every pertinent issue is thoroughly addressed, including the most recent federal mandates of the 1997 IDEA Amendments.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The primary focus and goal of Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach, 5th Edition by Terry Overton is to provide undergraduate students with a practical, applied approach for learning about the complex procedures of the assessment process. To achieve this goal, the author integrates cases throughout the text to facilitate reader comprehension of difficult concepts. In addition, the author presents these concepts in a step-by-step manner and then creates opportunities for students to check their understanding of these concepts through practice exercises.

 

New to Assessing Learner with Special Needs, Fifth Edition:

• The most up-to-date information available regarding laws and policies and current trends in the reauthorization movement.
• The integration of case studies in each chapter throughout the text to facilitate better reader comprehension and application of difficult concepts.
• More emphasis on Curriculum-Based Assessment and other methods of informal academic assessment.
• Thoroughly updated discussion of all pertinent revised tests now available.
• New and in-depth Companion Website material is integrated and connected to each chapter. (http://www.prenhall.com/overton)

About the Author:

Terry Overton began her career as a teacher of students with special needs. She completed her master's degree at Texas Woman's University and became an educational diagnostician. She completed her doctorate at Texas Woman's University in special education and her postdoctoral training in school psychology at the University of Virginia. Overton currently teaches at the University of Texas-Pan American near the Mexican border, where she serves as the program coordinator of the graduate program in school psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130943096
• ISBN 13: 9780130943095
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 563