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Day, David E. – Diagnostique, 1986
The article presents a rationale for naturalistic assessment of young handicapped and nonhandicapped children in the classroom. Observation of such areas as cognitive activity, materials use, sustained activity, activity variation, adaptive environment, and classroom structure are encouraged. Four alternative assessment procedures are presented,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment
Carpenter, Dale – Diagnostique, 1983
Current spelling assessment practices are reviewed. Six individually administered standardized tests presently available to special educators and diagnosticians are examined. Informal procedures (inventories, criterion-referenced tests, and error analysis) are analyzed in terms of advantages and disadvantages. Finally, two particularly promising…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods