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Assessing individuals with disabilities in educational, employment, and counseling settings /

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The book is divided into six parts. Part I covers legal, policy, and psychometric issues affecting all types of assessment. Part II covers testing accommodations, documentation, and score reporting. These two sections, as well as Part VI on additional sources of information, should be of interest to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Ekstrom, Ruth B., Smith, Douglas K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Functional assessment.
People with disabilities > Employment.
People with disabilities > Education.
Developmentally disabled > Employment.
Aptitude Tests > United States.
Disabled Persons > United States.
Educational Measurement > United States.
Employment > standards > United States.
Psychological Tests > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Testing individuals with disabilities : reconciling social science and social policy / Diana Pullin
  • The psychometrics of testing individuals with disabilities / Kurt F. Geisinger, Gwyneth Boodoo, and Julie P. Noble
  • Types of commonly requested accommodations / Peter Behuniak
  • Documentation / Nicholas A. Vacc and Nancy Tippins
  • The decision-making process for developing testing accommodations / Douglas K. Smith
  • Score reporting issues in the assessment of people with disabilities : policies and practices / William A. Mehrens and Ruth B. Ekstrom
  • The clinical assessment of people with disabilities / William E. Foote
  • Counseling assessment / Janet E. Helms and Ruth B. Ekstrom
  • Large-scale educational assessment / Peter Behuniak, Carole Perlman, and Audrey Qualls
  • Individual norm-referenced ability testing / Douglas K. Smith and Donald L. Stovall
  • Postsecondary admissions testing / Julie P. Noble, Wayne Camara, and John Fremer
  • Testing individuals with disabilities in the employment context : an overview of issues and practices / Wanda J. Campbell and Heather Roberts Fox
  • Disability nondiscrimination in the employment process : the role for testing professionals / Susanne M. Bruyère
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act and employment testing / Nancy Tippins
  • Issues of special concern in licensing and certification / Michael Rosenfeld, Shelby Keiser, and Sharon Goldsmith
  • Resources for further information about the assessment of individuals with disabilities / Janet E. Wall.