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Specific Learning Disabilities in Preschool Children: Shifting Paradigms in the Middle of the Stream.
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McCarthy, Jeanne M.; Harris, Martha Jane; Reeves, Karla K. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
A study investigated ways that each of the 50 states serve preschool children (ages 3-5) with specific learning disabilities (SLD), the impact of the preschool-specific/noncategorical label, and the quantitative criteria used for eligibility. Although all states reported that preschoolers with SLD could receive services, different eligibility…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria
The Validity of the WJ-R, PIAT-R, and DAB-2 Reading Subtests with Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Daub, Deborah; Colarusso, Ronald P. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Comparison of scores of 35 third- and fourth-grade students with learning disabilities on 3 major achievement tests found high positive correlations among the reading subtests. Agreement across all 3 tests for learning disability eligibility in the basic reading skills area was found in 20 of 35 cases and 9 of 35 cases in reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Concurrent Validity, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Severe Regressed Discrepancies Using Published versus Mean Test Data.
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Evans, Larry D. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This comparison of regression discrepancy model results for learning disability identification used published IQ-achievement and reliability coefficients and generic, mean values. Use of mean IQ-achievement values resulted in higher discrepancy rates for a clinical sample. Use of both mean IQ-achievement and reliability values resulted in higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Correlation
Competing Paradigms in Learning Disabilities Classification by Schools and the Variations in the Meaning of Discrepant Achievement.
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Bocian, Kathleen M.; Beebe, Margaret E.; MacMillan, Donald L.; Gresham, Frank M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
A study explored classroom reading assessments, IQ and achievement scores, and placement decision of 26 students referred to Student Study Teams for intervention and determination of special-education eligibility. Congruence was moderate between placement decisions and discrepancy-based determination of learning disabilities and between placement…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Eligibility
The Role of Working Memory and Dynamic Assessment in the Classification of Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
The performance of reading-disabled, math-disabled, slow-learning, under-achieving, and normal-achieving children (total n=143) was compared on verbal and visual-spatial working memory measures under initial, gain, and maintenance testing conditions. Ability group classifications changed under dynamic testing conditions. The study demonstrated the…
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
The Effects of Intelligence on the Identification of Young Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Scott, Marcia Strong; Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Deuel, Lois-Lynn Stoyko – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
A study involving 335 normally achieving children and 88 children with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation attending prekindergarten or kindergarten found that three of ten tasks of a cognitive screening test provided the best classification: semantic information/visual, semantic information/verbal, and rhyming tasks (prekindergarten)…
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Increasing the Intensity of Intervention in Kindergarten and First Grade.
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O'Connor, Rollanda – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2000
A team of university and school personnel applied layers of interventions across 2 years to 34 students who fell below their class averages in reading skills in kindergarten and first grade. Although reading failure rates declined, the interventions did not significantly decrease the proportion of children identified for special education.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Grade 1