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Informal Assessments
All informal assessments listed below can be used with students
who are diagnosed with Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities,
Autism, and Emotional Behavior Disabilities. The School Psychologist or
Special Education Teacher may complete this type of assessment.
Observations
Observations are used to observe students in their natural
environment. They are used because they can show how a student
operates in the environment. It can provide behavioral, sensory, motor,
academic, and social data. Many observations are conducted
throughout the day, month, or year. Observations are easy to conduct
and can be easily incorporated into a classroom routine.
Interviews (parents, teachers, student)
Interviews can be used to ask more specific questions. It can also
shed light on how they perform at home and how the student
themselves feels they perform.
**With students diagnosed with learning disabilities, it may also
be important to look at their attendance, office discipline referrals, and
appropriate instruction.
Formal Assessments
Academic Achievement Measures
Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement
This test is used to assess students with Learning Disabilities,
Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, and Emotional Behavior Disabilities.
This test is a norm-referenced test that is administered individually. It is
conversational in nature and given orally. The Woodcock-Johnson
includes five subtests to assess reading recognition, reading
comprehension, math, and science, social studies, and humanities.
Children are assessed at their appropriate level. They are not confined
to questions based on their chronological age, which means they can
work towards higher material. Once a child receives 3-6 consecutive
incorrect answers (depending on the subtest), that subtest is complete.
Once the test is scored, it provides a grade equivalency and percentile
score in each subtest area. The School Psychologist or the Special
Education Teacher can complete this test.
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement
References
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ATP: Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale - 3 (ARIZONA-3). (n.d.). Retrieved from
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BASC-2 Summary. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://basc-2.szapkiw.com/basc-summary/
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) - Statistics Solutions. (n.d.).
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Conners CBRS - Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales. (n.d.). Retrieved
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determinants for children and youth with developmental disabilities.
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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children - functioning, used, score, skills, Definition,
Purpose, Precautions, Description, Results. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.minddisorders.com/Kau-Nu/Kaufman-Assessment-Battery-forChildren.html
Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.cps.nova.edu/~cpphelp/KTEA.html
Practice Test Questions for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth Edition
(WISC-IV Test) - Testing Mom. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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Test of Early Written Language, Third Edition. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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