Table 2. Guiding Questions.

for the Assessment Cycle

Stage of the Assessment Cycle	Guiding Questions
Planning	What is the purpose of the assessment?
	What target skills do I want to measure?
	What access skills, specific to this individual, may interfere with the assessments?
	What do I know about this individual’s phenotype that can guide my assessment plan?
	How will I reduce barriers in the assessment process?
	Which test will best help me to measure the target skill with this individual?
	What can I learn from prior assessment reports for this individual? What worked, and what was challenging?
Administration	Have I considered multiple sources of data?
	What accommodation is required to assure that I am measuring the target skill?
	Will the accommodation affect the validity of the results of the test?
Evaluation	What target skill did I aim to measure?
	What access skills may have interfered? (e.g. self regulation, dexterity, etc.)
	What accommodations did I use to address access skills?
	How effective were those strategies?
	Did I accurately measure the target skills in this administration?
	Was this administration valid? Why or why not?
Reporting	Did I answer the referral questions?
	Did I use multiple methods to convey assessment results to the family?
	Did I report on accommodations, testing behavior, and validity?
	Did I include suggestions for future assessments?