Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assessment of students -- Assessment processes and concerns -- Legal and ethical considerations in assessment -- Descriptive statistics -- Quantification of test performance -- Norms -- Reliability -- Validity -- Adapting tests to accommodate students with disabilities -- Assessing behavior through observation -- Assessing instructional ecology -- Teacher-made tests of achievement -- Performance and portfolio assessment -- Teacher decision making -- Making entitlement decisions -- Assessment of intelligence: an overview -- Assessment of intelligence: individual tests -- Assessment of intelligence: group tests -- Assessment of sensory acuity -- Assessment of academic achievement with multiple-skill devices -- Assessment of reading -- Assessment of mathematics -- Assessment of oral and written language -- Assessment of perceptual-motor skills -- Assessment of problem behavior -- Assessment of adaptive behavior -- Diagnostic systems -- Developmental appraisal -- Outcomes-based accountability assessment.