Cognitive Assessments

Cognitive Assessments

Cognitive Assessments

Introduction

There have been notable developments in the use and interpretation of individually administered intelligence tests, also called cognitive assessments. These tests and other psycho educational assessments are used in schools as part of the process of gathering data in order to inform decision making. Typically these decisions involve children who have been referred because of suspected learning or behavior disabilities, usually as part of a multi factored evaluation (MFE), for the purpose of determining specific education eligibility but also to provide assistance in instructional planning. Along with these developments have emerged serious theoretical and practice issues, which ...