Testing and Assessment

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This paper examines how there have been a number of recent studies that have been done on testing and assessment and how they have focused on various populations. Since schools seem to be the largest area where a great deal of testing and assessment takes place, the paper focuses on school testing and assessment, with an emphasis on the disability population in schools.

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Characteristics of the Population
Review of the Literature
Recommendations and Applications to the Field of Rehabilitation

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"The interest that has been generated in functional assessment is not something that is new in psychological circles. However, the interest in it was intensified greatly around 1997 because of amendments that were made to the Individuals with Disabilities Act. These particular amendments mandated that personnel at schools conduct functional assessments on any students that had behavioral problems which resulted in being expelled or dismissed, and that these assessments then be used to look for likely interventions that could help these students and others like them. Schools are also required to deal with in-service training of all of their personnel in ways that have a direct relationship to these functional assessment techniques."

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