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Gender Differences in Reading Impairment and in the Identification of Impaired Readers: Results from a Large-Scale Study of At-Risk Readers
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Quinn, Jamie M.; Wagner, Richard K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Reading impairment is more common in males, but the magnitude and origin of this gender difference are debated. In a large-scale study of reading impairment among 491,103 beginning second-graders, gender differences increased with greater severity of reading impairment, peaking at a ratio of 2.4:1 for a broad measure of fluency and a ratio of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Difficulties, Severity (of Disability), Learning Disabilities
Using Simulations to Investigate the Longitudinal Stability of Alternative Schemes for Classifying and Identifying Children with Reading Disabilities
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Schatschneider, Christopher; Wagner, Richard K.; Hart, Sara A.; Tighe, Elizabeth L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
The present study employed data simulation techniques to investigate the 1-year stability of alternative classification schemes for identifying children with reading disabilities. Classification schemes investigated include low performance, unexpected low performance, dual-discrepancy, and a rudimentary form of constellation model of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, At Risk Students, Disability Identification
Perceived Usefulness of Recommendations Given to College Students Evaluated for Learning Disability
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Prevatt, Frances; Johnson, Laura E.; Allison, Katie; Proctor, Briley E. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2005
The present study evaluated the utilization and perceived usefulness of recommendations made to college students as the result of an evaluation and subsequent diagnosis of a specific learning disability. Participants were 47 college students who had received a diagnosis of learning disability within the previous two semesters at a university…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Disabilities, Identification, Barriers
Identification and Placement Procedures Used in Florida Specific Learning Disabilities Programs.
Taylor, Patricia Silke – Research Bulletin, 1977
Sixteen directors of exceptional education programs, 10 supervisors of specific learning disability (SLD) programs, and 101 principals having SLD classes responded to a 14-question survey regarding the identification and placement of SLD students in Florida. Among findings were that principals were the most outspoken in what they considered…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Guidelines
Administrators' Perceptions of Selected Aspects of Specific Learning Disabilities Programs in Florida School Districts.
Taylor, Patricia Silke – 1976
Investigated were the perceptions of programs for children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) expressed by 127 directors of special education programs, supervisors of SLD programs, and principals having SLD classes located in large, medium sized, or small Florida school districts. The administrators were queried regarding the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Proportion of LD Placements Associated with Low Socioeconomic Status: Evidence for a Gradient?
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Blair, Clancy; Scott, Keith G. – Journal of Special Education, 2002
Analysis of Florida data (n=159,129) found that new born infants with any of four risk factors for low socioeconomic status (SES) were 1.2 to 3.4 times more likely than others to have a learning disability placement by age 12 to 14. Proportion of placements attributable to low SES was 30 percent among boys and 39 percent among girls. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Learning Disabilities
Evaluation of the Dade County Learning Disabled Program, 1974-75.
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Dept. of Planning and Evaluation. – 1975
The report documents a 1974-1975 evaluation of Dade County, Florida's resource class program and the Early Childhood Preventive Curriculum (ECPC/LD) for learning disabled (LD) students. Data are said to have been obtained from regular class teachers, LD resource teachers, parents of LD students, student records, and scores from the Wide Range…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research