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Critical Issues in Testing and Evaluation Judith L. Mounty and David S. Martin, Editors Foreword by Oscar P. Cohen View the table of contents. Read chapter one. $55.00s

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Contents

Foreword   xi
Oscar P. Cohen

Acknowledgments   xiv

Section I. The Context

Overview of the Challenge   3
David S. Martin and Judith L. Mounty

Historical Reflections
on Testing Individuals Who
Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing   11
Marjorie Ragosta

Section II. Test Development Issues

Test-Taking for Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Individuals:
Meeting the Challenges   27
Robert B. Weinstock and Judith L. Mounty

Access Considerations and
the Provision of Appropriate
Accommodations: A Research
Perspective From a Testing Organization   37
Ruth Lowe, Cara Cahalan-Laitusis, Linda Cook, and Raylene Harris

Use of Technology
and Principles
of Universal Design
to Improve
the Validity
and Fairness of
Licensure Tests   54
Neil Kingston and Michael Ehringhaus

Considerations in Developing
Licensing Tests That Are
Accessible for All Candidates   65
Carolyn Emrick Massad

The Psychometric Properties
of Intellectual Tests
When Used With Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Individuals:
Practices and Recommendations   75
Susan J. Maller and Jason C. Immekus

Section III. Administrative Issues

Equity in Testing Deaf
and Hard of Hearing
Individuals—Legal Considerations   93
Rosaline Hayes Crawford

Sign Language Interpretation
in Testing Environments   109
Phyllis Rogers

Section IV. Cases From Specific Professions

Certification Testing
for Therapeutic Recreation:
Equity, Access, and Preparation   125
Anne Simonsen

GRE Performance
and the Deaf Community   138
Charlene Sorensen

Maximizing Access to Licensure
for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Social Workers   149
Teresa V. Mason and Judith L. Mounty

New Hurdles: The Impact
of Recent Federal Mandates
on the Assessment of Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Teachers
and Teacher Candidates   156
Paul Singletary

Section V. Summing Up

Summary and Recommendations   171
David S. Martin and Judith L. Mounty

Epilogue: Fort Monroe Revisited   174
Robert Clover Johnson

Contributors   181

Index   187

Judith L. Mounty is Director of the Center for ASL Literacy at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

David S. Martin is Professor/Dean Emeritus in the Department of Education at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

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