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Amanda J. Neitzel; Betsy Wolf; Xinxing Guo; Ahmed F. Shakarchi; Christine SySantos Levy; Robert E. Slavin; Megan Collins – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: Reading failure is far higher among disadvantaged students than among other students (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). Many attempts to solve this have focused on schools, yet non-school factors have a substantial impact on learning (Clabaugh, 2008). One of these is uncorrected vision. Approximately 20-25% of school-age…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Disadvantaged, Minority Group Students
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Codling, Mary – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
Annual health checks for people with learning disabilities are a concept that was introduced by the Government in 2001 as a catalyst to improve access to health services and identify health needs that have previously gone undetected. Nonetheless, to date, there has been little evidence of the effectiveness of these health checks. This study seeks…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Optometry, Vision, Mental Retardation
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Vision Partnership is an alliance between the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and One Sight Vision Partnership that began in 2009 to address the vision and vision-related health needs of students who cannot afford eye care services. Campus-based vision screenings are offered to district students at all grade levels at no cost. In…
Descriptors: Vision Tests, Vision, Visual Impairments, Screening Tests
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Vision Partnership is an alliance between the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and One Sight Vision Partnership that began in 2007 to address the vision and vision-related health needs of students who cannot afford eye care services. Vision screenings, consultations, and fittings for corrective eyewear are provided at no cost to…
Descriptors: Vision Tests, Vision, Visual Impairments, Screening Tests
Berkowitz, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Competent authorities seem to agree as to the causes of eye strain in school children other than congenital defects. Standard works on diseases of the eye are practically unanimous in declaring that myopia results from the protracted and unhygienic use of the eyes in near work. Most of the factors tending to cause eye strain exist in the schools.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Human Body, Physical Fitness, Vision Tests