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Direct linkBenson, Nicholas; Newman, Isadore – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This article describes how actuarial methods can supplant discrepancy models and augment problem solving and Response to Intervention (RTI) efforts by guiding the process of identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD). Actuarial methods use routinized selection and execution of formulas derived from empirically established relationships to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Medical Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Academic Failure
