The assessment of students -- Basic considerations in assessment -- Legal and ethical considerations in assessment -- Descriptive statistics -- Quantification of test performance -- Norms -- Reliability -- Validity -- Assessment of intelligence: an overview -- Assessment of intelligence: individual tests -- Assessment of intelligence: group tests -- Assessment of sensory acuity -- Assessment of oral language -- Assessment of perceptual motor skills -- Assessment of personality -- Assessment of academic achievement: screening devices -- Diagnostic assessment in reading -- Diagnostic assessment in mathematics -- Assessment of written language -- Assessment of adaptive behavior -- School readiness -- Diagnostic systems -- Making referral decisions -- Making classification decisions -- Making instructional planning decisions