Here is a guide to assessment instruments that are available to clinicians who evaluate students with visual impairment or multiple disabilities. Each of the instruments specified was researched and evaluated, in terms of both its general merits and its utility, in assessing students with visual impairment or multiple disabilities. The compendium is a resource for vision teachers, psychologists, and other school specialists who assess these students.
You can download the Assessment Compendium in its entirety by clicking on one of the links below. These versions are recommended for faster downloads:
The Assessment Compendium is also available in separate parts. If you would like to download these files individually please click on the links below:
Excel Version Cross Reference Chart
Adobe Acrobat Version of Compendium
- Introduction and Table of Contents
- Indexes - Alphabetical, Area of Assessment, Age and Area of Assessment
- Instrument and Publisher Information
- Cross reference of whether instruments are normed, standardized and adapted for blindness and visual impairment
Text-Only Version of Compendium
- Introduction and Table of Contents
- Indexes - Alphabetical, Area of Assessment, Age and Area of Assessment
- Instrument and Publisher Information
- Refer to the Excel or Adobe Acrobat versions of the Cross reference of whether instruments are normed, standardized and adapted for blindness and visual impairment -- Text-Only version is not available.



