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""Assessment of Exceptional Students, Fifth Edition, " offers a pragmatic approach that emphasizes how both informal and formal procedures fit into the overall assessment process." Retaining the major features of previous editions, this book details historical, legal, and philosophical issues as well as current concerns in the field. It provides up-to-date coverage of assessment instruments, techniques, and procedures that are used with special education students, and reviews observation, criterion-referenced testing, curriculum-based and portfolio assessment, and other alternative procedures. In addition to covering the areas of ability assessment, achievement testing, early childhood assessment, and vocational assessment, the book also provides readers with a complete chapter and case studies that examine the instruments and techniques for students with both mild and severe disabilities. For anyone interested in assessing special education students.

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To accomplish your course goals, use this study guide to enhance your understanding of the text content and to be better prepared for quizzes and tests. This convenient manual helps you assimilate and master the information encountered in the text through the use of practice exercises and applications, comprehensive review tools, and additional helpful resources.

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Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussions of the validated instructional approaches in the field today. Features include: A companion website that offers students and instructors learning objectives, additional activities, discussion outlines, and practice tests for each chapter of the book. An up-to-date volume that reflects the terminology and criteria of the DSM-V and is aligned with the current CEC standards. Teaching Applications: presents the strongest coverage available in any introductory text on instructional issues and applications for teaching students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. A unique chapter on "Future Issues" that explores the philosophical, social, legal, medical, educational, and personal issues that professionals and people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities face. This comprehensive and current introductory textbook is ideally suited for introductory or methods courses related to cognitive and intellectual disabilities.

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