TY - BOOK AU - Overton, Terry TI - Assessment in special education : : an applied approach SN - 0130826545 U1 - 371.9 OVE PY - 2000/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : PB - Merrill, KW - Special education N1 - I. INTRODUCTION TO ASSESSMENT. 1. An Introduction. 2. Law and Issues. II. TECHNICAL PREREQUISITES OF UNDERSTANDING ASSESSMENT. 3. Descriptive Statistics. 4. Reliability and Validity. 5. An Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment. III. ASSESSING STUDENTS. 6. Tests of Educational Achievement. 7. Standardized Diagnostic Testing. 8. Informal Assessment Techniques. 9. Assessment of Behavior. 10. Measure of Intelligence and Adaptive Behavior. 11. Other Diagnostic Instruments. 12. Early Childhood Assessment. IV. INTERPRETING ASSESSMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION. 13. Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention. 14. Case Studies. Appendix: Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education. Name Index. Subject Index ER -