Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments - Softcover

Peter W.D. Wright And Pamela Darr Wright; Melissa Lee Farrall PhD SAIF

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892320231 ISBN 13: 9781892320230

Publisher: Harbor House Law Press, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, you will find clear, concise answers to frequently asked questions about assessments, evaluations, and tests.

You will learn:

*about psychological, academic, and neuropsychological tests and what these tests measure
*about selecting evaluators
*how to request a special education evaluation and how to provide parental consent
*about speech-language, physical and occupational therapy, processing, adaptive behavior, and functional behavior assessments
*test terms and the important realities about tests and assessment
*how small differences between tests can result in large differences in scores

The goal of Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments is to demystify the assessment process and make it less intimidating.

If your child has a disability, you need accurate information about his strengths, weaknesses, and needs before making decisions about his education. You will find the information you need in the tests and assessments that have been completed on your child.

If you are like most people, you have questions about tests. How do tests measure skills? What do the test scores mean? Should you request specific tests?

You will learn what to expect, how to prepare, and how to find a good evaluator. Learn how to request an evaluation and how to provide parental consent.

You will learn about common difficulties children have and what tests are used to diagnose these disorders. This book describes types of tests used to evaluate problems and what skills each test measures.

You will find charts of tests and skills. The charts list tests to evaluate specific problems, the skills your child needs in these areas, and shows which tests measure these skills.

This book includes endnotes at the end of each chapter. These endnotes are the authority we relied upon in our answers. When you take this book to school meetings (and we hope you will), you will know the law, regulation, article, or publication that supports each answer.

Wrightslaw: All about Tests and Assessments is illustrated, two color, and includes tests and skills checklists, and recommended resources. The book includes a comprehensive master table of tests with test name, author, publisher, publisher website, age range, test type.

The book also includes a glossary of assessment terms, a table of questions, and an index.

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Review:

Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments is a wonderful balance among brevity, thoroughness, and clarity. Chapter 3, Making Sense of Your Child's Tests Scores is an excellent chapter. Clear, concise, thorough. Dr. Melissa Farrall carefully and clearly explained the Bell Curve and told us how the standard deviations correspond to percentile ranks. Chapter 4, Intellectual Evaluations and IQ Testing, was a genuine pleasure to read. Such well-written material on a subject that is seldom written about very well. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 are superb. I cannot wait for the whole book. --John O. Willis, Ed.D., SAIF, Senior Lecturer in Education, Rivier University; Assessment Specialist, Regional Services and Education Center, Amherst, New Hampshire.

The best information on math testing I've seen in one place! The whole section on Math tests and subtests and the skills they measure is great information and much needed by parents. This is information EVERY parent needs to effectively advocate for their child. Test data is one of the most powerful tools you will ever have in your tool box. Thank you. --Debbie Larson, Parent of adult child with autism and special education advocate, Batavia, New York.

Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments will aid anyone advocating on behalf of a child who is suspected of, or already diagnosed with, a disability. Wrightslaw: All About Tests and Assessments succeeds in explaining the complexities of assessments in language that is easy to understand, while also clarifying distinctions between learning disabilities and the methods available to support eligibility. In Chapter 7, Writing and Spelling Assessments, the explanation of Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Academic Achievement is great and easy to understand. --Patty Roberts, Esq., Director of William & Mary Law School s PELE Special Education Advocacy Clinic, Williamsburg, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harbor House Law Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1892320231
• ISBN 13: 9781892320230
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200