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Article: Subgrouping poor readers on the basis of individual differences in reading-related abilities.
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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The use of IQ-achievement discrepancy to classify poor readers has played a central role in the field of reading and learning disabilities. In this approach, poor readers are subgrouped into those displaying a discrepancy between IQ and reading achievement scores and those who do not show such a discrepancy. The former have often been referred to as children with dyslexia or specific reading disability, and the latter are frequently labeled slow learners or garden-variety poor readers. Whereas classification based on IQ-achievement discrepancy has been widespread, its validity and utility have been challenged, especially in recent years (Aaron, 1991, 1997; Fletcher et al., ...