ALSO IN THIS ISSUE What's New in Testing and Assessment? Several
issues relating to testing and assessment have been brought to
national attention this past year as the reauthorizations of the
American with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Head Start
have progressed. To address testing and assessment provisions
proposed as part of the reauthorization of the IDEA, members of
APA's Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment formed a
sub-committee specifically charged to considered issues related
to the retention of the I.Q./achievement discrepancy criterion
for identification of learning disabilities. The sub-committee's
recommendations, which were reviewed and approved by the APA
Board of Directors, were included as part of the IDEA related
briefing material APA provides to various members of Congress.
Science Directorate staff has been carefully monitoring Head
Start related activities in the House of Representatives over
the past several months. Currently, the Senate's version of the
bill reauthori