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Karvonen, Meagan; Wakeman, Shawnee; Flowers, Claudia; Moody, Shauna – Exceptionality, 2013
In the decade since alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) were first required, special education teachers have had to develop content knowledge and pedagogical skills to teach academics to students with significant cognitive disabilities. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact that teachers'…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Alternative Assessment, Academic Standards
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Cress, Cynthia J.; Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori – Exceptionality, 2010
This article reports three studies that evaluated the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the "Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale" (PreBERS) (Epstein & Synhorst, 2009). First, teachers rated 63 children receiving school services for disability on the PreBERS, with two ratings one month apart. Second,…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Rating Scales
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Marston, Doug; Pickart, Mary; Reschly, Amy; Heistad, David; Muyskens, Paul; Tindal, Gerald – Exceptionality, 2007
The importance of early literacy instruction and its role in later reading proficiency is well established; however, measures and procedures to screen and monitor proficiency in the area of early literacy are less well researched. The purpose of this study was to (a) examine the technical adequacy and validity of early curriculum-based literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence