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ERIC Number: EJ604975
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs: Foundations for Tomorrow.
Fewell, Rebecca R.
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v20 n1 p38-42 Spr 2000
This article begins with the state of assessment of young children with special needs in the 1960s and traces changes through the end of the century. The embrace of multiple assessment measures, including standardized, norm-referenced measures and informal, functional measures is discussed and development of ecologically valid assessments is explained. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Special Needs Students, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Functional Assessment
Note: Theme Issue: Early Childhood Special Education in a New Century: Voices from the Past, Visions for Our Future.