This article discusses the role of assessment in a response-to-intervention model. Although assessment represents only 1 component in a response-to-intervention model, a well-articulated assessment system is critical in providing teachers with reliable data that are easily interpreted and used to make instructional decisions. Three components of…

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of the estimates of ability provided by the one-parameter logistic model as compared to the estimates provided by the more general two- and three-parameter models. Several tests were simulated with item parameters meeting the assumptions of either the two- or three-parameter model. For each…

The legislative requirements for state-level planning in vocational education and the changing socioeconomic problems confronting vocational education were compelling forces in the conceptualization and conduct of this study. To identify the competencies needed by personnel engaged in program planning within state divisions of vocational-technical…

Two data collection activities focused on improvement in the identification of giftedness among Australian aboriginal children. Interviews with urban aboriginal community members were followed by a survey of aboriginal teachers in Queensland. Findings resulted in the modification of Frasier's model of identifying gifted minority and disadvantaged…