Abstract:
:Considerable discussion has occurred about the most appropriate methods for diagnosing learning disabilities (LD) in postsecondary students. Two of the many areas of controversy that have emerged include the appropriate diagnostic criteria to use and the appropriate referent group. A review of previous court cases demonstrates that the issue of whether to compare an individual to the general population or to a smaller referent population has not been adequately clarified. Furthermore, few empirical studies have examined the impact of choosing different referent groups on the likelihood that one will be diagnosed with LD. Therefore, this correlational study described the levels of agreement between three diagnostic models of LD, using both age- and grade-based norms to represent two referent groups for each of the three models. The sample included 155 postsecondary students referred for testing due to academic difficulties. The findings indicated that in two of the three models tested, comparing individuals to their grade-matched peers (i.e., using grade-based norms) resulted in more LD diagnoses than comparing individuals to their age-matched peers (i.e., age-based norms).
journal_name
J Learn Disabiljournal_title
Journal of learning disabilitiesauthors
Giovingo LK,Proctor BE,Prevatt Fdoi
10.1177/00222194050380010601keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
79-85issue
1eissn
0022-2194issn
1538-4780journal_volume
38pub_type
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