Assessment for instructional planning.

Abstract

The provision of an appropriate, individualized education for handicapped students has traditionally involved the use of assessment procedures to determine appropriate learning objectives and teaching strategies. In this article, current approaches to assessment of what to teach and how to teach, and their limitations, are discussed. Suggestions are made for modifications in current approaches to a priori assessment of what to teach in favor of a post hoc procedure that uses frequent student evaluation to provide the database from which decisions regarding modifications of teaching strategies may be made.