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The Use of Response to Intervention to Inform Special Education Eligibility Decisions for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
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Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
This is an official position paper of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), of which the Council for Learning Disabilities has been a long-standing, active member. Response to intervention (RTI) is a critical component of a multi-tiered service delivery system. This NJCLD paper presents concerns related to the…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Special Education, Eligibility, Learning Disabilities
Prevalence Rates of Students Identified for Special Education and Their Interstate Variability: A Longitudinal Approach
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Pullen, Paige C.; Ashworth, Kristen E.; Ryoo, Ji Hoon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
We investigated the variability across states in the prevalence of learning disabilities (LD) as reported by the U. S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). This expanded upon the work of Hallahan and colleagues on interstate prevalence rate variability of special education disability categories by focusing on a…
Descriptors: Incidence, Disability Identification, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Specific Learning Disabilities Identification: Do the Identification Methods and Data Matter?
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Maki, Kathrin E.; Adams, Sarah R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
Specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification has consistently been shown to be problematic; however, research has largely focused on SLD identification using test scores only. The present study, therefore, examined SLD identification decisions across identification methods and student evaluation data levels, including test scores,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Decision Making, Student Evaluation