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Lisa B. Hurwitz; Kirk P. Vanacore – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Experts laud the potential of educational technology (edtech) to promote reading among students with disabilities, but supporting evidence is lacking. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Lexia® Core5® Reading edtech program (Core5) on the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP) Growth Reading™ and easyCBM oral reading fluency performance of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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van Bon, Wim H. J.; Bouwmans, Mieke; Broeders, Ivy N. L. D. C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
The relative frequency of poor readers in Dutch general elementary education (GEE) and special elementary education (SEE) and the characteristics of their reading performance were investigated using a lexical decision procedure. According to the same norms that identified 9% of students as poor readers in GEE, no less than 73% of the students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Elementary Education, Referral
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Wilkinson, Cheryl Y.; Ortiz, Alba A.; Robertson, Phyllis M.; Kushner, Millicent I. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Results are reported for an exploratory study of eligibility decisions made for 21 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities (LD) and no secondary disabilities who received special education support in reading. Eligibility determinations by an expert panel resulted in decisions that differed significantly from…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language)