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Peer reviewedValus, Ann – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1986
The study applied a standard-score and regression-analysis procedure to achievement-potential discrepancy data for new learning disability placements of about 90 (LD) learning disabled students. Results indicated that only two-thirds of the initially placed students exhibited a severe discrepancy suggesting the frequent placement of slow learners…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
