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Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children: A Parent's Complete Guide
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Gilman, Barbara J. – Great Potential Press, Inc., 2008
Formerly titled "Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works", the author believes this book is the definitive manual on gifted advocacy for gifted students. The author tells parents and teachers how to document a child's abilities to provide reasonable educational options year by year. This book provides imperative information on…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academically Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Underachievement
School Resource Center (SRC).
School Resource Center, Austin, TX. – 1986
The School Resource Center (SRC) in Austin, Texas, is intended to provide a system to link teachers and parents with various public and private information sources in order to improve instructional practice and eliminate unnecessary and costly referrals to special education services. It will collect information from private education agencies,…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Information Centers
Assessing Student Performance in Distance Education Courses: Implications for Testing Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Banerjee, Manju; Brinckerhoff, Loring C. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2002
This article highlights some of the defining characteristics of distance education courses and their impact on traditional assessment practices for instructors and students, including those with learning disabilities. Factors that instructors need to consider for dealing with test accommodations for students with learning disabilities are…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Assessment
The Fallacy of "Two Years Below Grade Level for Age" as a Diagnostic Criterion for Reading Disorders.
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Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
The use of grade equivalent scores contrasted against grade placement is widespread in the diagnosis of dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Discusses difficulties and distortions of this method. Presents an alternative method for reliably determining aptitude/achievement discrepancies. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Dyslexia, Educational Diagnosis