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Evidence-Based Assessment of Learning Disabilities in Children and Adolescents
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Morris, Robin D.; Lyon, G. Reid – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
The reliability and validity of 4 approaches to the assessment of children and adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) are reviewed, including models based on (a) aptitude-achievement discrepancies, (b) low achievement, (c) intra-individual differences, and (d) response to intervention (RTI). We identify serious psychometric problems that…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Low Achievement, Psychometrics, Adolescents
Evidence-Based Assessment of Learning Disabilities in Children and Adolescents
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Morris, Robin D.; Lyon, G. Reid – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
The reliability and validity of 4 approaches to the assessment of children and adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) are reviewed, including models based on (a) aptitude-achievement discrepancies, (b) low achievement, (c) intra-individual differences, and (d) response to intervention (RTI). We identify serious psychometric problems that…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Low Achievement, Psychometrics, Adolescents
Evidence-Based Assessment of Learning Disabilities in Children and Adolescents
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Morris, Robin D.; Lyon, G. Reid – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2005
The reliability and validity of 4 approaches to the assessment of children and adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) are reviewed, including models based on (a) aptitude-achievement discrepancies, (b) low achievement, (c) intra-individual differences, and (d) response to intervention (RTI). We identify serious psychometric problems that…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Low Achievement, Psychometrics, Adolescents
Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Lyon, G. Reid; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Barnes, Marcia A. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Evidence based and comprehensive, this important work offers a new approach to understanding and intervening with students with learning disabilities. The authors--leading experts in neuropsychology and special education--present a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Neuropsychology, Intervention
Assessment of Reading and Learning Disabilities: A Research-Based Intervention-Oriented Approach.
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Boudousquie, Amy – Journal of School Psychology, 2002
Reviews implications of the three primary components of the federal definition of learning disabilities (discrepancy, heterogeneity, and exclusion) for the assessment of children with learning disabilities (LD). Also proposes a rationale and procedures for more efficient approaches to the identification of children as learning disabled that are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Tests, Early Identification, Early Intervention
The Validity of Distinguishing Children with Language and Learning Disabilities According to Discrepancies with IQ: Introduction to the Special Series.
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Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This article, which introduces six papers on the validity of distinguishing subgroups of children with language and learning disabilities based on discrepancies between academic attainment and intelligence test scores, comments on the papers' diversity in samples, measurement characteristics, and statistical approaches and outlines the studies'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Relationship of Rapid Automatized Naming and Phonological Awareness in Early Reading Development: Implications for the Double-Deficit Hypothesis.
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Schatschneider, Christopher; Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study involving 1,123 children investigated the relationship between naming speed and phonological awareness skills and the implications for the classification of children at risk of reading disability. Results found a positive correlation between naming speed and phonological awareness and indicate this relationship will affect any comparison…
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
The Validity of Discrepancy-Based Definitions of Reading Disabilities.
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Fletcher, Jack M.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study, involving 1,069 children (ages 9-14) referred for evaluation of learning disability, used 3 definitions of reading disability to provide criteria for 5 groups of children based on discrepancy between intelligence quotient (IQ) and academic achievement. Results question the validity of segregating children with reading deficiencies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education