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Peer reviewedStanovich, Keith E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This paper argues that using intelligence as an aptitude benchmark in defining reading disability conceals unsupported assumptions about educational potential and makes it difficult to differentiate the cognitive characteristics of dyslexic children from those of other poor readers. The use of a more educationally relevant aptitude measure such as…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Construct Validity
