Population-Based Assessment Model Summary

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The article by Baker (2007) discusses key issues in assessing risk and resiliency within student populations. Baker (2007) believes that best practices in school-based assessment necessitates the need for sensitivity regarding testing and measurement issues, including assessment procedures that are indicative of biases and cultural indifferences, ethics and procedures that govern the assessment process, and validity consistencies pertaining to social and ecological variances among the varying degrees of culture and populations.
Baker (2007) identifies those focal points utilizing assessments within a population-based perspective that includes children, the context they are in, and the children-within-context interactions. Population-based perspectives pertaining to assessment includes systematic procedures and measures to identify gaps regarding the physical, social, and emotional well-being of the student. The population-based approach assesses not only the need for services, nut identifies the need for intervention services. This assessment model is linked to service and delivery efforts and serves as a guide in the implementation process of developing a systematic plan designed to help the student and family. …show more content…

Research identifies multiple risk factors at the student level, including temperament, antisocial behaviors, academic failure, and inadequate bonding skills with peers, parents, and school staff members. Students are at-risk in cognitive development and educational outcomes if stressors within their environment transcend their ability to cope effectively with their

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