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Assessment In Early Childhood Intervention: The Importance Of Training, Carrie C. Burks
Assessment In Early Childhood Intervention: The Importance Of Training, Carrie C. Burks
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
Information collected from multiple domain child developmental assessments, known as five area assessments, are being used in early intervention for high stakes purposes such as program monitoring. As a result, it is important to examine variables that may affect test administration fidelity and its impact on obtaining valid data. The purpose of this study was to survey early intervention service providers in the state of Kentucky to determine possible independent variables that may affect their comfort level in administering five-domain tests. Surveys were made available to all early intervention service providers within the Kentucky First Steps early intervention program. Data …