Includes index

The context for assessment in schools and current assessment practices

Legal and ethical considerations in assessment

Test scores and how to use them

Technical adequacy accountability decisions

Technical adequacy

Using test adaptations and accommodations

Assessing behavior through observation

Teacher-made tests of achievement

Managing classroom assessment

How to evaluate a test

Assessment of academic achievement with multiple-skill devices

Using diagnostic reading measures

Using diagnostic mathematics measures

Using measures of oral and written language

Using measures of intelligence

Using measures of perceptual and perceptual-motor skills

Using measures of social and emotional behavior

Using measures of adaptive behavior

Using measures of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers

Using technology-enhanced measures

Making instructional decisions

Making special education eligibility decisions

Making accountability decisions

Communicating assessment information