This guide encourages school personnel to see evaluation of special education programs as more than an external, legally-mandated activity. Evaluation can be used to assess program appropriateness, effectiveness, quality and improvement. In this book, the authors suggest practical ways in which evaluation can benefit teacher and student. They illustrate how to document needs and support requests for resources; to reveal program strengths and weaknesses and make informed, effective decisions on change needed; to compare promising program alternatives by pre-testing and collecting data on a limited basis and determining effectiveness before widespread implementation; and to diagnose aspects of programs that must be improved to pass a madated external review.Written in non-technical terms, this book will be vital for all educational practitioners.

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