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Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach, 6th edition
By Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani
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, Table of Content
Part 1: Foundational Concepts in Special Education Assessment
Introduction to Assessment
Methods of Assessment and Testing Considerations
Basic Statistical Concepts
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Scoring Terminology Used in Assessment
Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Special Education Assessment
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Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Special Education Assessment
Part 2: Identification of High-Risk Children
Response to Intervention
Required Responsibilities in Screening and Assessment of Students
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The Child Study Team and Pre-referral Strategies
The Multidisciplinary Team and Parental Participation in the Assessment Process
Part 3: Assessment Measures Used in a Comprehensive Evaluation
Assessment of Academic Achievement
SI
Assessment of Intelligence
Assessment of Behavior
Assessment of Perceptual Abilities
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Assessment of Speech and Language
Assessment of Hearing Loss and Evaluations for Physical and Occupational Therapy Needs
Early Intervention and Preschool Assessment
Part 4: Putting it All Together: Special Education Requirements
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Determining Whether a Disability Exists: Eligibility Criteria
Writing a Comprehensive Report in Special Education
Preparation, Participation and Reporting of Test Results
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Eligibility Procedures and the Least Restrictive Environment
Development of the IEP
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Assessment
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
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Learning Outcome 1.1: Define and understand the purpose of assessment.
[Q 1]
PR
Which of the following terms would best describe the process in which a special education
teacher conducts reading inventories with their students and uses those data to inform future
instruction?
1. Grading
2. Teaching
3. Assessment [correct]
ES
4. Professional development
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While this teacher may in fact use the reading inventory process as some type of formal grade,
this term does not accurately describe the process being conducted.
SI
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Teaching is a complex process and conducting a reading inventory could be a part of the
teaching process, however this term is much too broad to constitute the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
VE
Assessment in special education is a process that involves collecting information about a
student for the purpose of making decisions. In this question, the teacher is collecting data
(reading inventories) and using the data to make decisions about future instruction. This is the
assessment process.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
G
Professional development is a term that often refers to a teacher engaging in some type of
training or formal education process to better their own practice. In this question, the teacher is
using data to support students and improve instruction, not to better their own practice.
R
[Q 2]
Qualeya is a special education teacher who is busy looking for patterns in the previous
mathematics performance of a student she is working hard to support. In which of the following
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stages of the assessment process is Qualeya presently engaged?
1. Collection
2. Analysis [correct]
3. Evaluation
4. Recommendation
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
In the collection process, data is being gathered from many sources. It is the ascertainment of
the data that qualifies as the collection process. This is not the process in which Qualeya is
currently engaged.
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, [Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The analysis stage involves understanding patterns in a child’s educational, social,
developmental, environmental, medical, and emotional history. Since Qualeya is engaged in
reviewing previously collected data in order to determine patterns, it is clear she is engaged in
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analysis.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
In the evaluation stage, a child’s strengths and limitations in certain areas are determined.
PR
Qualeya does not yet have enough information to make these types of determinations.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
In the recommendation stage, professionals make suggestions regarding educational
placements. This would be premature for Qualeya given her current place in the assessment
process.
ES
[Q 3]
Gerald’s parents have just been called in for a meeting with the school psychologist who would
like to discuss the results of Gerald’s psychological evaluation. The school psychologist intends
to inform them that Gerald has a specific learning disability. Which stage of the assessment
process is described in this scenario?
1. Determination [correct]
SI
2. Recommendation
3. Analysis
4. Evaluation
VE
[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
In the determination stage, the presence of a suspected disability is suggested based on the
knowledge of the criteria that constitute each category. The school psychologist, in this
scenario, is engaged in making a professional determination regarding the presence of a
specific learning disability.
G
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The school psychologist is not seeking to give guidance or make suggestions at this time, so
this is not the recommendation stage of the assessment process.
R
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
While the school psychologist certainly engaged in the analysis of data to determine patterns,
the psychologist has enough data to move beyond the analysis stage in the assessment
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process.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The evaluation stage includes the determination of a child’s strengths and limitations in specific
areas, including academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional, perceptual, language,
cognitive, and medical development. Since the psychologist is ready to discuss results with
Gerald’s parents, they are beyond the evaluation stage.
ES
[Q 4]
Which of the following best represents a decision area influenced by assessment in special
education?
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Copyright © 2023, 2017, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach, 6th edition
By Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani
M
PR
ES
SI
VE
G
R
AD
ES
, Table of Content
Part 1: Foundational Concepts in Special Education Assessment
Introduction to Assessment
Methods of Assessment and Testing Considerations
Basic Statistical Concepts
M
Scoring Terminology Used in Assessment
Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Special Education Assessment
PR
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Special Education Assessment
Part 2: Identification of High-Risk Children
Response to Intervention
Required Responsibilities in Screening and Assessment of Students
ES
The Child Study Team and Pre-referral Strategies
The Multidisciplinary Team and Parental Participation in the Assessment Process
Part 3: Assessment Measures Used in a Comprehensive Evaluation
Assessment of Academic Achievement
SI
Assessment of Intelligence
Assessment of Behavior
Assessment of Perceptual Abilities
VE
Assessment of Speech and Language
Assessment of Hearing Loss and Evaluations for Physical and Occupational Therapy Needs
Early Intervention and Preschool Assessment
Part 4: Putting it All Together: Special Education Requirements
G
Determining Whether a Disability Exists: Eligibility Criteria
Writing a Comprehensive Report in Special Education
Preparation, Participation and Reporting of Test Results
R
Eligibility Procedures and the Least Restrictive Environment
Development of the IEP
AD
ES
, Chapter 1: Introduction to Assessment
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
M
Learning Outcome 1.1: Define and understand the purpose of assessment.
[Q 1]
PR
Which of the following terms would best describe the process in which a special education
teacher conducts reading inventories with their students and uses those data to inform future
instruction?
1. Grading
2. Teaching
3. Assessment [correct]
ES
4. Professional development
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While this teacher may in fact use the reading inventory process as some type of formal grade,
this term does not accurately describe the process being conducted.
SI
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Teaching is a complex process and conducting a reading inventory could be a part of the
teaching process, however this term is much too broad to constitute the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
VE
Assessment in special education is a process that involves collecting information about a
student for the purpose of making decisions. In this question, the teacher is collecting data
(reading inventories) and using the data to make decisions about future instruction. This is the
assessment process.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
G
Professional development is a term that often refers to a teacher engaging in some type of
training or formal education process to better their own practice. In this question, the teacher is
using data to support students and improve instruction, not to better their own practice.
R
[Q 2]
Qualeya is a special education teacher who is busy looking for patterns in the previous
mathematics performance of a student she is working hard to support. In which of the following
AD
stages of the assessment process is Qualeya presently engaged?
1. Collection
2. Analysis [correct]
3. Evaluation
4. Recommendation
ES
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
In the collection process, data is being gathered from many sources. It is the ascertainment of
the data that qualifies as the collection process. This is not the process in which Qualeya is
currently engaged.
1
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, [Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The analysis stage involves understanding patterns in a child’s educational, social,
developmental, environmental, medical, and emotional history. Since Qualeya is engaged in
reviewing previously collected data in order to determine patterns, it is clear she is engaged in
M
analysis.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
In the evaluation stage, a child’s strengths and limitations in certain areas are determined.
PR
Qualeya does not yet have enough information to make these types of determinations.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
In the recommendation stage, professionals make suggestions regarding educational
placements. This would be premature for Qualeya given her current place in the assessment
process.
ES
[Q 3]
Gerald’s parents have just been called in for a meeting with the school psychologist who would
like to discuss the results of Gerald’s psychological evaluation. The school psychologist intends
to inform them that Gerald has a specific learning disability. Which stage of the assessment
process is described in this scenario?
1. Determination [correct]
SI
2. Recommendation
3. Analysis
4. Evaluation
VE
[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
In the determination stage, the presence of a suspected disability is suggested based on the
knowledge of the criteria that constitute each category. The school psychologist, in this
scenario, is engaged in making a professional determination regarding the presence of a
specific learning disability.
G
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The school psychologist is not seeking to give guidance or make suggestions at this time, so
this is not the recommendation stage of the assessment process.
R
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
While the school psychologist certainly engaged in the analysis of data to determine patterns,
the psychologist has enough data to move beyond the analysis stage in the assessment
AD
process.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The evaluation stage includes the determination of a child’s strengths and limitations in specific
areas, including academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional, perceptual, language,
cognitive, and medical development. Since the psychologist is ready to discuss results with
Gerald’s parents, they are beyond the evaluation stage.
ES
[Q 4]
Which of the following best represents a decision area influenced by assessment in special
education?
2
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