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Do State Methods of Quantifying a Severe Discrepancy Result in Fewer Students with Learning Disabilities?

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Finlan, Thomas G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992

This study found that states with low percentages of students identified as learning disabled (LD) used a diagnostic method for determining a severe discrepancy, whereas few states identifying the most students used such a method. Use of a method to determine a severe discrepancy may reduce inappropriate labeling of students as LD. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Organizing Statewide Services for the Education of the Hearing Impaired.

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Griffing, Barry L. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1982

The author summarized major variables for states to deal with in statewide planning efforts for the education of the hearing impaired. (Author/SW)

Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments