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Dynamic assessment refers to an interactive approach to conducting assessments, focusing on the ability of the examinee to respond to an intervention. As an alternative to a more traditional assessment approach, within dynamic assessment, the evaluator conducts a pretest, imposes an intervention, and then conducts a posttest. Comparison of changes from pre- to posttest performance allows the evaluator to determine the examinee’s potential for learning.
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Haywood, H. C., & Lidz, C. S. (2006). Dynamic assessment in practice: Clinical and educational applications. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Schatz, P. (2018). Dynamic Assessment. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_175
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