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Direct linkPritchard, Alison Esposito; Koriakin, Taylor; Carey, Lisa; Bellows, Alison; Jacobson, Lisa; Mahone, E. Mark – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
This study investigated the effectiveness of five commonly administered academic testing accommodations on reading and math performance in children with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A total of 96 parents of 3rd-8th grade students with ADHD participated. More than half of the sample also had parent-reported learning difficulties…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Testing Accommodations, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Ortiz, Samuel O.; Johnston, Harriet N.; Wilcox, Gabrielle; Francis, Stella L.; Tomes, Yuma I. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
There is significant debate over the value and ethics of IQ testing for children, including those from diverse cultural groups, particularly in light of studies examining performance on various subtests that are uncovering important processing differences between cultural and linguistic groups (Sotelo-Dynega, Ortiz, Flanagan, & Chaplin, 2013).…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension
Specific Learning Disability Identification: What Constitutes a Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses?
Schultz, Edward Karl; Simpson, Cynthia G.; Lynch, Sharon – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and subsequent regulations published in 2006 have significantly changed the identification process for students suspected of having specific learning disabilities. Rather than using a discrepancy model contrasting intellectual and achievement test results, assessment…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests, Response to Intervention
Dunn, Michael; Browning, Ruth – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Many schools across the United States and Canada are now implementing response-to-intervention (RTI) as a means to address the needs of students who struggle with reading, writing, or math by using dual discrepancy (i.e., low ability and little to no progress over time with targeted intervention programming) as a means to classify for learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Response to Intervention
Crawford, Lindy; Higgins, Kristina N.; Freeman, Barbara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Computer-based instruction (CBI) programs have been implemented in classrooms for almost three decades. One advantage of CBI includes allowing the user to tailor instruction to their particular style of learning (Slavin & Lake, 2009). An essential part of individualizing CBI involves the students use of active electronic support tools, which…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Curriculum, Metacognition, Secondary School Mathematics
Cherkes-Julkowski, Miriam – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) firmly insists that performance analyses use disaggregated scores. Disaggregation, according to NCLB, involves measuring and reporting achievement for separate subgroups of children so that achievement problems in any one subgroup are not disguised when averaged or aggregated with higher achieving children in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, School Personnel
