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Mathematics Dynamic Assessment: Informal Assessment that Responds to the Needs of Struggling Learners in Mathematics
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Allsopp, David H.; Kyger, Maggie M.; Lovin, LouAnn; Gerretson, Helen; Carson, Katie L.; Ray, Sharon – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Ms. Carlisi teaches middle school mathematics for students who were retained at least 1 year and who were identified as at risk of failure in mathematics. About half of her class of 14 students has identified learning disabilities and/or emotional and behavioral difficulties. Ms. Carlisi worries constantly that she is not going to be able to help…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Informal Assessment, Learning Disabilities, At Risk Students
Addressing the Issue of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Assessment: Informal Evaluation Measures for English Language Learners
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Spinelli, Cathleen G. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
Existing research indicates that there is a disproportionate number of students with cultural and linguistic differences, English Language Learners (ELL), who are misidentified as learning disabled when their problems are due to cultural and/or linguistic differences. As a consequence, these students do not receive appropriate services. With the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism
An Analysis of Assessment Instruments in Use by the California Community Colleges to Identify and Assess Students with Specific Learning Disabilities.
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Ostertag, Bruce A.; Baker, Ronald E. – 1983
In 1982, a survey of California community colleges was conducted to determine the formal and informal devices used to identify and assess learning disabled average (LDA) students; the characteristics, skills, and behaviors measured; the personnel who administered the assessment instruments; and the intake process and identification and assessment…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis, Informal Assessment, Learning Disabilities
An Alternative to the Prediction-Placement Model.
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Wambach, Cathrine; Brothen, Thomas – Journal of Developmental Education, 1990
Contends that the high probability of error in placement decisions based on high school records and standardized test scores delays the academic development of many students placed unnecessarily in mandatory skill development programs. Advocates skills assessment based on current classroom performance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Diagnosis
The Multiply Handicapped Child: The Diagnostician's Challenge.
DuBose, Rebecca F. – 1976
Factors involved in evaluating multiply handicapped children are examined. Described are instruments and techniques for measuring three central concerns: (1) the extent to which the impairments limit the child's functioning (including the Test of Auditory Discrimination and the Children's Embedded Figures Test); (2) the child's ability to complete…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
The Special Review Assessment Process: Guidelines for District Implementation.
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1984
This guide intended for local school districts discusses the implementation of New Jersey's Special Review Assessment (SRA) process which provides high school students with the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of basic skills by an assessment method other than the statewide graduation test. The process is required for eleventh graders who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Alternative Assessment, Educational Diagnosis