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Amanda J. Neitzel; Xinxing Guo; Betsy Wolf; Nancy A. Madden; Michael X. Repka; David S. Friedman; Megan Collins – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Reading is a vital skill, key to school success, necessary for employment, and essential for functioning in everyday life. Many attempts to increase literacy have focused on schools, yet "out of school" factors have a substantial impact on student learning (Clabaugh, 2008). One non-instructional factor that may be part of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students, Access to Health Care
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Amanda J. Neitzel; Betsy Wolf; Xinxing Guo; Ahmed F. Shakarchi; Christine SySantos Levy; Robert E. Slavin; Megan Collins – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: Reading failure is far higher among disadvantaged students than among other students (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). Many attempts to solve this have focused on schools, yet non-school factors have a substantial impact on learning (Clabaugh, 2008). One of these is uncorrected vision. Approximately 20-25% of school-age…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Disadvantaged, Minority Group Students
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Lindly, Olivia J.; Chan, James; Fenning, Rachel M.; Farmer, Justin G.; Neumeyer, Ann M.; Wang, Paul; Swanson, Mark; Parker, Robert A.; Kuhlthau, Karen A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder have a high risk of vision problems yet little is known about their vision care. This cross-sectional survey study, therefore, examined vision care among 351 children with autism spectrum disorder ages 6-17 years in the United States or Canada who were enrolled in the Autism Treatment Network Registry. Vision…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care