Essentials of DAS-II Assessment

RON DUMONT, EDD, is Associate Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. JOHN O. WILLIS, EDD, is Senior Lecturer in Assessment at Rivier College in New Hampshire. COLIN D. ELLIOTT, PHD, is Adjunct Professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Elliott is the author of the DAS® and the DAS-II®.

Series Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

One Overview 1

Two How to Administer the DAS- II 36

Three Test Administration Features Unique to the DAS- II: Use of Item Sets and Basal and Ceiling Rules 85

Four How to Score the DAS- II 108

Five How to Interpret the DAS- II 123

Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the DAS- II 224

Seven Clinical Applications of the DAS- II 248

Eight Illustrative Case Reports 282

Appendix A Upper Early Years Interpretive Worksheet 328

Appendix B School-Age Interpretive Worksheet 343

References 358

Annotated Bibliography 368

Index 384

About the CD-ROM 394