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McLeod, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The author argues against the accepted symptom of learning disabilities--a discrepancy between measured intelligence and measured educational achievement scores; and demonstrates that it is feasible to produce a quantitative definition of educational underachievement, and therefore to identify learning disabled students. (SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification