Linking Assessment and Early Intervention: An Authentic Curriculum-Based Approach

This time-saving guide provides comprehensive profiles of more than 50 of the best curriculum-embedded and curriculum-compatible assessment and intervention systems. Close-ups of forms, checklists, guidelines, ans questionnaires are included in each profile to enable eraders to preview various formats. Most important, the authors have implemented LINKing--a rating system that identifies six critical markers for judging a tool's quality: authenticity, collaboration, convergence, equity, sensitivity, and congruence. Using this six-standard index, the authors have rated each tool and curriculum, so programs can easily determine which ones will meet their needs. LINKing is a time-saving way toupdate and enhance early intervention and assessment programming.