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The Role of Measurement in Educational Policy: Lessons from the Identification of Learning Disabilities.
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Shepard, Lorrie – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Technical problems in the assessment of learning disabilities (LD) are only a small part of the problems leading to the misidentification of children in this category of handicap. Given all the other motives and purposes served by labeling a child LD in school, apparently sound measurement advice may actually do more harm than good. (LC)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education