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This is the second edition of a text on topics related to the way educators and other professionals assess children and youth with disabilities. It offers new coverage of functional behavioral assessment, the use of performance-based and formal assessment, and state and national performance standards. Coverage includes traditional and contemporary assessment approaches, with detailed discussion of individual tests and explanations of various assessment approaches. Case studies are included. Cohen is affiliated with The Spurwink Institute. Spenciner is affiliated with the University of Maine-Farmington. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Assessment of Children and Youth, Second Edition, is a comprehensive assessment book that provides balanced coverage of special education assessment of children and youth, ages 3-20. Easy for readers to understand, the book reviews traditional and alternative assessment approaches and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each. Coverage of informal and performance-based assessments across the curriculum teaches students how approaches in the general education classroom apply to students, both with and without disabilities. For anyone interested in learning about the assessment of students with disabilities.
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