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Download full textDietel, Ron – Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL) at WestEd, 2004
A variety of testing methods can be extremely useful in finding out whether children who are experiencing learning difficulties may have one or more learning disabilities. This is an important and valuable role for testing. Another important issue concerns how best to ensure fairness for a learning disabled student when he or she must take a…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Testing, Standardized Tests
Milota, Cathy; And Others – 1991
This resource guide presents general information about disabilities and summaries of relevant federal laws. A question-and-answer format is used to highlight key features of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142, reauthorized in 1990 as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Autism, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Ordover, Eileen L.; Boundy, Kathleen B. – 1991
Intended for child advocates, this book analyzes children's educational rights under two federal statutes, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The nine chapters address the following topics: (1) the statutory framework of the two laws (including eligibility, age ranges,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Advocacy, Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution
