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Defining Reading Disability Using a Multifaceted Approach.

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Pereira-Laird, Joyce; Deane, Frank P.; Bunnell, Julie – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999

This study addressed the validity of using a five-state multifaceted approach to defining reading disabilities. Comparison of 204 reading-disabled (selected by criteria such as intraindividual differences and low achievement) and normally achieving junior high students on motivational, cognitive, and metacognitive variables (usually associated…

Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, High School Students, Junior High Schools

The Identification of Individuals with Disabilities in National Databases: Creating a Failure to Communicate.

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McGrew, Kevin S.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1995

Comparison of 19 national data collection programs found significant variability in the disability categories used. Discussion focuses on issues related to improving disability identification in large-scale data collection programs and the effects of these issues on reporting policy-relevant information. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Definitions, Disabilities