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Peer reviewedSmith, Mary Lee – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
The theory, presented by Ginsberg (TM 508 964), that quantitative indicators are likely to be corrupted when used for purposes of accountability is supported by the results of the Learning Disabilities Identification Study. The quantitative indicator in this case had to do with selection of pupils eligible for services for the handicapped. (BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F.; Higgins, Marilyn M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Findings from 83 school psychologists revealed that a typical battery for assessing severely emotionally disturbed students consisted on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Wide-Range Achievement Test, Bender-Gestalt, an incomplete sentence test, a behavior-rating scale, classroom observation, and informal interviews. Psychologists…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 1995
This guide helps parents understand how schools assess their child's English language ability and suggests ways for them to help schools place their children in the most useful language program. All districts must decide which students to test, and then how to test them. Some schools attempt to find out the English skills of all students, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkSpinelli, 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
Peer reviewedBradley, Jama L.; And Others – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes a national study of the current availability and use of commercially and institutionally developed educational assessment instruments. Indicates that two-year institutions reported less activity than four-year institutions in assessing the major fields of study but that 77% of all two-year institutions assessed basic skills. (MAB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods
Schwartz, Wendy – 1996
This guide helps parents understand how schools assess their child's English language ability and suggests ways for them to help schools place their children in the most useful language program. All districts must decide which students to test, and then how to test them. Some schools attempt to find out the English skills of all students, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Duran, Richard P. – 1985
This paper reviews eight major problem areas concerning testing practices of interest to professionals practicing psychology in the schools. These areas, identified by the Task Force on Psychology in the Schools of the American Psychological Association, include: (1) test use; (2) diagnostic versus placement tests; (3) informed parental consent…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Communicative Competence (Languages), Decision Making
