ch.2+activities

=Suggested Activities = .Observe an evaluation being conducted in a public school or clinic. If a staff meeting is held following the assessment, ask to observe it as well. Keep a record of the tests that are used, other kinds of data obtained, reactions of the child, interaction and communication of the staff, and decisions made. .Give a student a series of informal tests (for example, tests of motor skills in Chapter 9; rating scales of behavior in Chapter 2; informal word reading test in Chapter 2; informal survey of arithmetic skills in Chapter 2; informal spelling test in Chapter 12). Score these tests and analyze the results. .Design an informal test of one area (such as motor development, language, reading, or arithmetic). Try it out on students of various ages. .Read a research report on a standardized test such as the WISC–IV, Key Math–Revised; the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery–III; or the Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Basic Skills, Revised. Write a review of the test. .Role-play a parent interview, with classmates playing the interviewer and the child’s mother and father.