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ERIC Number: EJ291622
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Learning Disabilities as a Subset of School Failure: The Oversophistication of a Concept.
Algozine, Bob; Ysseldyke, James
Exceptional Children, v50 n3 p242-46 Nov 1983
Findings from a comparison of two samples of school age children, one sample (N=40) identified as learning disabled (LD), the other comprised of low achievers (N=51), indicated few psychometric differences. Many LD students did not meet federal definition guidelines, and many low achievers did meet the guidelines. (MC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Disability Identification, Federal Regulation, Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement, Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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