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Addressing Test Anxiety
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Salend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2011
Research suggests that between 25% to 40% of students experience test anxiety, with students with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds having higher prevalence rates. Since test anxiety impacts student well-being and the validity of the important educational decisions based on testing data, this article…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Test Wiseness, Student Evaluation, Disabilities
Creating Instructional Rubrics for Inclusive Classrooms.
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Whittaker, Catharine R.; Salend, Spencer J.; Duhaney, Devon – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
Discussion of instructional rubrics in classes that include student with disabilities considers what rubrics do, the different kinds of rubrics, and nine guidelines for using rubrics. Principles are illustrated with a classroom project to develop a rubric to evaluate Web sites. Some Web sites on rubrics are listed. (Contains references.) (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inclusive Schools
Cultural Perspectives: Missing Pieces in the Functional Assessment Process.
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Salend, Spencer J.; Taylor, Lorraine S. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2002
This article provides guidelines for conducting culturally sensitive functional assessments by forming a diverse multidisciplinary team, employing culturally sensitive ways of selecting target behaviors, collecting data on students and their behavior, analyzing data and formulating hypotheses; and developing culturally responsive behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Authentic Assessment Strategies: Alternatives to Norm-Referenced Testing.
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Pike, Kathryn; Salend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1995
This guide to authentic assessment strategies for teachers of students with and without disabilities explains how to incorporate authentic assessments into everyday practice, including observation techniques, anecdotal records, error analysis, miscue analysis, "think-alouds," self-evaluation questionnaires and interviews, journals and learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
Modifying Tests for Diverse Learners.
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Salend, Spencer J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
Test modifications and techniques that teachers can employ to adapt their tests to meet individualized needs of mainstreamed students with disabilities are considered. Suggestions are offered to assist special education teachers in helping general educators design tests; address test reliability, validity, content, and format; and develop…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Problems