Implications of the Final Procedures for Evaluating Specific Learning Disabilities.

Senf, Gerald M., Ed.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Implications of the Final Procedures for Evaluating Specific Learning Disabilities

Senf, Gerald M., Ed.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 11, 3, 124-6, Mar 78

Discussed are some negative implications of the final federal rules for evaluating specific learning disabilities (Federal Register, December 29, 1977), which conceptually redefined learning disabilities to mean an "underachievement." (DLS)

Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Regulation, Identification, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities, Performance Criteria, Student Evaluation

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Language: English

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