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Literacy for Students with Disabilities in the Middle Grades: An Exploration of Self-Efficacy, Data-Based, Goal Setting as a Literacy Intervention
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Lisa L. Yankanich – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Literacy is an essential life skill, and adolescents need strong literacy skills to succeed in secondary schools and beyond. Low literacy achievement in the middle grades puts students, particularly students with disabilities (SWD), at a disadvantage heading into high school and can lead to negative outcomes such as dropping out. The intention of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Students with Disabilities, Middle School Students, Self Efficacy
Readability of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B Procedural Safeguards: An Update
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Gray, Sara A.; Zraick, Richard I.; Atcherson, Samuel R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the readability of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B procedural safeguard documents, as distributed by each of the 50 U.S. states. Results were compared to the 5th- to 6th-grade readability guideline for documents recommended by experts in health literacy and health…
Descriptors: Readability, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Federal Legislation