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Specific Learning Disability Identification: What Constitutes a Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses?
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Direct linkSchultz, Edward Karl; Simpson, Cynthia G.; Lynch, Sharon – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and subsequent regulations published in 2006 have significantly changed the identification process for students suspected of having specific learning disabilities. Rather than using a discrepancy model contrasting intellectual and achievement test results, assessment…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests, Response to Intervention
Cherkes-Julkowski, Miriam – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) firmly insists that performance analyses use disaggregated scores. Disaggregation, according to NCLB, involves measuring and reporting achievement for separate subgroups of children so that achievement problems in any one subgroup are not disguised when averaged or aggregated with higher achieving children in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, School Personnel
