Problematic assessment and intervention issues present substantial challenges when making educational decisions for deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) students who are experiencing reading difficulties. These students present a diverse set of language acquisition skills, hearing ability, and orientation to early school learning activities that are…

Explores extra-year placements for children considered at risk for early school failure before entering the first grade. Fourth-grade follow-up achievement outcome data of placed and nonplaced transitional extra-year school readiness samples indicate a nonsignificant standardized score difference, as noted in the second-grade findings. Study…

Uses a case vignette to consider the possibility that the Rorschach FM index may be a forerunner of abstract thinking. Data support the major finding that FM may enable educational diagnosticians to more accurately estimate the intellectual capabilities of some preschool minority and other culturally disadvantaged children. (Author/JAC)