Performance Assessments for Reading of LD Students

http://www.kidsource.com/LDA-CA/reading.html

Testing for reading problems-Assessments given by psychologists for

early assessment before and after writing the IEP.

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/swerling.html

Problems with assessing and diagnosing children with reading

difficulties-The “price tag’ this carries for children in school.

http://www.interdys.org/ld-suit.htm

International Dyslexia web site-Lawsuit won by LD students over

discrimination in “high stakes” testing.

http://snow.utoronto.ca/Learn2/greg/thesis/contents.html

Discusses problems with standardized IQ tests which use reading

to process scores-Given to reading disabled students causes their IQ

scores to lower.

http://www.curtin.edu.au/corporate/multiplebirths/special_needs/sn1a.htm

Discusses what reading disability is and how it can be assessed.

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed381987.html

Discusses the implications of using performance assessment with

students with reading disabilities/learning disabilities and how

accountable performance based tests are with these type students

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/assessment/oneill_fivepoints.html

Is high stakes testing for graduation requirements legal for LD

students-5 factors to look at

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/special_education/peer_assessment.html

Discusses whether statewide assessment testing is fair for students

with learning/reading disabilities.

http://espse.ed.psu.edu/students.html

List of graduate students that are studying different aspects of LD

Students-This site gives you background of the grad-student, what

Their field of study is, and how to contact them with questions.

http://ericec.org/digests/darchives/e533.html

Using Performance Assessment based tests as accountable tests for

children with reading/learning disabilities- also gives examples

of different types of performance assessments to use.

http://www.nldontheweb.org/testing_for_reading.htm

Testing for assessment of reading disabilities-Where to start, what to

Do,what tests to use, and what they assess.

http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/publications/WCER_Highlights/Vol.8_No.4_Winter_1996-1997/Students_with_disabilities.html

Measuring the performance of students with reading/learning

Disabilities-guidelines to follow.

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