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Enhancing Practice through Application of Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory and Research: A "Third Method" Approach to Specific Learning Disability Identification
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Flanagan, Dawn P.; Fiorello, Catherine A.; Ortiz, Samuel O. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This article demonstrates how the broad and narrow abilities and processes that comprise Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory and their relations to specific academic outcomes have begun to transform our current understanding of the definition of and methods for identifying specific learning disability (SLD), particularly in the school setting. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Theories, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
Obscuring Vital Distinctions: The Oversimplification of Learning Disabilities within RTI
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McKenzie, Robert G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
The assessment procedures within Response to Intervention (RTI) models have begun to supplant the use of traditional, discrepancy-based frameworks for identifying students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). Many RTI proponents applaud this shift because of perceived shortcomings in utilizing discrepancy as an indicator of SLD. However,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Error of Measurement, Psychometrics
Response-to-Intervention: Separating the Rhetoric of Self-Congratulation from the Reality of Specific Learning Disability Identification
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Kauffman, James M.; Bachmeier, Randy J.; LeFever, Gretchen B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
The policies underlying the specific learning disability (SLD) regulations in the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are analyzed. The analysis focuses on the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) provision ("if the child responds to scientific, research-based intervention") as a diagnostic model,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Remedial Reading, Early Reading, Learning Disabilities
Alternative Strategies in Assessing Special Education Needs
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Dykeman, Bruce F. – Education, 2006
The conventional use of standardized testing within a discrepancy analysis model is reviewed. The Response-to-Intervention (RTI) process is explained, along with descriptions of assessment procedures within RTI: functional assessment, authentic assessment, curriculum-based measurement, and play-based assessment. Psychometric issues relevant to RTI…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Testing, Standardized Tests, Performance Based Assessment
Implementation of IDEA: Integrating Response to Intervention and Cognitive Assessment Methods
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Hale, James B.; Kaufman, Alan; Naglieri, Jack A.; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) was reauthorized by the U.S. Congress in 2004, yet ongoing regulatory efforts are required to determine its operationalization and implementation. Of particular concern to school psychologists and others involved in the educational process are the guidelines for identification of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities