Assessment of Achievement and Learning Disabilities

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Title

Assessment of Achievement and Learning Disabilities

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University of Otago

Collection

Otago University Research Archive

Description

This chapter provides an overview of issues in assessment of achievement and specific learning disability (SLD). Research on SLD speaks to the importance of understanding foundational concepts within the academic domains of reading, writing, and mathematics. Therefore, the chapter begins with an introduction to these concepts. Issues in conceptualizing SLD are then reviewed prior to discussing assessment considerations for SLD. Because the purpose of assessment has implications for the tools ...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Book item

Thesis level

Book Section

Date created

2017

Creator

Schaughency, Elizabeth / Clifford, Amanda E. / Carroll, Jane L.D.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/19480

Related subjects

Achievement / Assessment / Bilingual/multilingual / Brief experimental analysis / Dynamic assessment / Functional assessment of academic performance / Instructional hierarchy / Instructional level / Learning / Mathematics / Oral language / Reading / Response to intervention / Specific learning disability / Writing

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