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Direct linkWendy S. Cochrane; Brandon J. Wood – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
This study examined intervention fidelity (IF) and the extent to which this essential feature of response to intervention (RtI) was included within artifacts (laws and guidance documents) for states requiring RtI for specific learning disability (SLD) identification. Intervention fidelity is defined as the degree to which an intervention is…
Descriptors: Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Fidelity
Spencer, Mercedes; Wagner, Richard K.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Quinn, Jamie M.; Lopez, Danielle; Petscher, Yaacov – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The present study seeks to evaluate a hybrid model of identification that incorporates response to instruction and intervention (RTI) as one of the key symptoms of reading disability. The 1-year stability of alternative operational definitions of reading disability was examined in a large-scale sample of students who were followed longitudinally…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Response to Intervention, Models, Longitudinal Studies
Johnson, Evelyn S.; Humphrey, Michael; Mellard, Daryl F.; Woods, Kari; Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010
Many practitioners and state education agency staff would likely agree that the accuracy and consistency of specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility decisions is in need of improvement. One component of the SLD definition particularly controversial in the identification procedures is the evaluation of cognitive processes, primarily due to a…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, Disability Identification, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedOlson, Judy L.; Mealor, David J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Analysis of 113 studies revealed that researchers most often selected their learning disabled sample on the bases of academic, age and sex, and intelligence components. Less than half used the process or exclusion components or included a description of grade placement. (CL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedPoplin, Mary S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Problems with restricting learning disabilities to a range of mild handicaps are noted and five areas of controversy affecting severely learning disabled students are addressed: definitions, student characteristics, identification criteria, educational methods and technology, and educational services. (CL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedPereira-Laird, Joyce; Deane, Frank P.; Bunnell, Julie – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
This study addressed the validity of using a five-state multifaceted approach to defining reading disabilities. Comparison of 204 reading-disabled (selected by criteria such as intraindividual differences and low achievement) and normally achieving junior high students on motivational, cognitive, and metacognitive variables (usually associated…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedLearning Disability Quarterly, 1998
Two position papers by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) present (1) the core competencies needed by regular and special education teachers who work with children with learning disabilities, and (2) recommendations for operationalizing the five constructs underlying the NJCLD definition of learning disabilities for…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Peer reviewedDean, Vincent J.; Burns, Matthew K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
The use of the processing component for learning disabilities (LD) definitions is discussed by examining its theoretical basis, large-scale implementation, and researched classroom effectiveness. Results indicate the processing definition of LD does not differentiate students with LD from low achievers, is inconsistently implemented, and does not…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Definitions
Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
This article reviews problems in identification of learning disabilities and considers proposed alternatives to present procedures. It argues that the major problems of over identification, variability, and specificity, can be eliminated by increasing specificity and consistency of state criteria and strict adherence to identification criteria on…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedMercer, Cecil D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
A survey of 51 state departments of education (including Washington, DC) regarding their definitions of learning disabilities, identification criteria, and operationalization procedures showed the continued effect of the 1977 federal definition and criteria, while revealing variations in state definitions and criteria. The impact on prereferral…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The process whereby children are identified as learning disabled (LD) and the validity of subsequent educational placements were evaluated. A representative sample of 1,000 students were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively, and extensive questionnaires were administered to LD teachers, principals, and other professionals involved in LD…
Descriptors: Definitions, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBerninger, Virginia; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992
Developmental and criterion reading and writing measures were administered to 300 primary-level students, revealing that elimination of IQ in the definition of learning disabilities would dramatically affect who is identified as learning disabled. A two-stage assessment model analyzing absolute criteria without IQ and relative criteria with IQ is…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedPolloway, Edward A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
This article focuses on the status of the learning disabilities field, including the accomplishments as well as elements of the unfinished agenda that are needed to move the field forward. Drawing on contributions of influential special educators, it discusses how these foundations provide a basis for future developments in the field. (Contains…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Assessment
