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ERIC Number: EJ545942
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-511X
Classification and Dynamic Assessment of Children with Learning Disabilities.
Swanson, H. Lee
Focus on Exceptional Children, v28 n9 p1-20 May 1996
Outlines problems related to defining and classifying children with learning disabilities and describes the pitfalls of current assessment procedures, particularly the problems with discrepancy scores. Presents dynamic assessment as an alternative to classification procedures and reviews the results of two studies evaluating dynamic assessment. (CR)
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dynamic Assessment