This field hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions highlights the importance of early identification of students with dyslexia, how high-stakes testing affects such students, and the need for appropriate accommodations. Following the opening statement by Honorable Bill Cassidy (U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana), prepared witness statements are offered by: (1) Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Neurology and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conneticut; (2) Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning Development and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conneticut; (3) Reverend Derrius M. Montgomery, Associate Minister, Greater King David Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (4) Allyce Trapp, Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and (5) Margaret Law, CALT, Dyslexia & 504 Coordinator, Central Community Schools, Central, Louisiana.