Test Scores and Disproportionate Referrals (PDE: Module 04)
In this module, Cate discusses the consequences of using test scores to determine disability.
Appropriate Assessment Procedures- Part 3 (PDE: Module 14)
This module discusses how to do preschool evaluations in an accurate and appropriate manner.
Holograms Part 1 (PDE: Module 22)
This module discusses the necessary data and information that must be in every evaluation so that the administrator can feel comfortable giving the child an IEP or not.
How do we Know a Disability Exists? (PDE: Module 27)
This module explains that the administrator must be able to “see” that the child has a disability, based on the data and examples included in the evaluation.
Clinical Judgment/Informed Clinical Opinion Part 2 (PDE: Module 36)
This module further describes where clinical judgment comes from: Linguistic and cultural informants (e.g. teachers, parents, people from the speech community).
Quantification without Standardized Tests (PDE: Module 37)
This modules explains how to provide quantification for a delay or disorder, if one exists, as it is required by the law.
Conclusion (PDE: Module 38)
Now that viewers have completed the video module series and learned about the bias and psychometric flaws inherent in standardized tests, Cate asks evaluators to change the clinical practice.
Understanding Assessment: Problems with Percentile Rank and Age Equivalency
The percentile rank of a score is percentage of total scores from the normative sample that were equal or lesser than the value of the score and can be plotted on the bell curve of a normal distribution.
