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Peer reviewedJournal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
Position statements of the Council for Learning Disabilities oppose the following: (1) use of discrepancy formulas in the identification of learning disabled individuals; (2) inclusion of nonhandicapped low achievers and underachievers in learning disability programs; and (3) measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities
MacIntyre, Robert B.; And Others – 1980
The study examined the process by which diagnostic data on children thought to have learning disabilities (LD) are generated and used. Emphasis was placed on the validity of test instruments in common use in the field. Since part of the practical validity of any instrument used to identify an LD child rests on the validity of the LD construct…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
