The Assessment of Special Educational Needs

Tony Cline, Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Luton and Chair of the Editorial Board of NASEN Journals, examines the challenges that face those involved in the assessment of the The Assessment of Special Educational Needs for Bilingual Children.

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Empowering Children and Parents During the Assessment Process; 1. Images of Deaf Children as Learners: The Influence of Adults’ Perceptions on Assessment and Intervention Alec Webster 2. Pupil Involvement in Assessment Irvine S. Gersch 3. Towards More Effective Decision Making in Assessment: Pathway – Meeting the Needs of All Pupils Miles Halliwell and Tom Williams 4. Assessing Needs in the Planning of Home-Based Learning Services Lilian Mariga; Part Two: Assessment in the Service of Integration and Mainstreaming; 5. A Second Change to Learn Literacy: By Different Routes to Common Outcomes (The Reading Recovery Programme) Marie M. Clay 6. Enabling Schools for All: Assessment in the Service of Systemic Reform Winston E. Rampaul and D. Richard Freeze 7. The Challenge of Special Educational Needs: An Approach to Identification and Assessment of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy in a Community Setting Sudha Kaul; Part Three: Growth Points in the Improvement of Practice; 8. Assessment of Special Educational Needs: Meeting Reasonable Expectations? Tony Cline 9. Looking with Different Eyes, Listening with Different Ears: Reading Evaluation from a Holistic Perspective Randall Cranston and Judith King 10. Curriculum-Based Assessment: Broadening the Base Norah Frederickson 11. Dynamic Assessment: Pitfalls and Prospects Harry Daniels 12. Minimizing the Inappropriate Referral and Placement of Ethnic Minority Students in Special Education Victoria L. Graf; Index