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Special Educator's Complete Guide to 109 Diagnostic Tests

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I found this book to be very useful and practical to own, several years ago. The problem is that all the tests have now been updated, and it is now out-of-date. The authors changed the title of the book when they created the updated edition to: 'The Special Educator's Comprehensive Guide to 301 Diagnostic Tests'. Their new book, copyright 2006, does contain the newest version WISC, (WISC-IV) as well as other updated achievement tests (WJ-III,WIAT-II, etc.) reading tests (GORT-4,CTOPP, etc.) and added more assessments descriptions. I think people are purchasing this older version of the book, thinking it is the newer version, because Amazon has listed the publisher date of this first book, listed as August 1, 2005, and does not listing the book copyright date of 1998. Don't buy this edition of the book. The newer edition is under a new name, new cover, and title: 'The Special Educator's Comprehensive Guide to 301 Diagnostic Tests, which I would recommend.

Although this book contains useful information, many of the tests have been revised/updated since its publication. If you are looking for general information, it might suffice for your needs. If you need specific up-to-date accurate edition information, pull out the test manual and a cup of coffee to do your own research.

I am a parent of an Autistic child who is tested on an annual basis by our Dept. Of Education. The testing or assessments are what had been driving or determining what services our son received from the district or state. We all know that the child's individual needs are what should drive the services. I discovered that tests that my child was being given were not measuring even in part the areas that he actually needed assistance with. I also discovered that school districts can teach to particular tests, thus, child does wonderfully and therefore we should cut his services back. Please make yourselves aware of what the tests strengths are and pitfalls. Understand your child's needs and by all means DO question the tests that the school uses. Unless you have this book to refer to you have no idea as to what the actual tests are measuring and if the tooks are even appropriate for your child or outdated etc. I strongly recommend this as a resource in any parents library who has special needs children in the public school system.

I found the material useful on a general level. I did not realize it was the older version when I purchased it. There is actually a more recent copy with updated information about the different tests.

This was a great addition to the many books I needed for my classroom, as a new teacher I have the security of knowing I can find just the right test and how to understand the test once they are given.

I wanted the most recent publication of this book and Amazon sent an old one. It was published in 1998 and the newest publication is 2005. I am not satisfied with Amazon.com. You stink.