Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hA32lNV04299; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 21:47:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 21:47:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BBCB0B0F.BBEC%alantoops@cs.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Alan Toops <alantoops@cs.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2777] LD tools X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 1157 Lines: 27 In a message, Bertie replied in part: "This is a very interesting and useful discussion. I wondered if education psychologists should be challenged to come up with simpler and less expensive diagnostic tools to ascertain the learners who are visual or auditory..." In the Ohio ABLE programs and in local community literacy programs, they use a diagnostic screening tool called ³PowerPath to Basic Skills². It is the only relatively in-expensive tool that can identify learning differences and through a software scoring system, help the teacher and learner design effective learning interventions and accommodations based upon reliable screening information. In addition, ³PowerPath to Basic Skills² is used in a number of states around the nation in Literacy programs, community colleges and TANIF settings. It is probably the only screening tool with 25 plus years of field testing and validation available. It also has a high correlation to scores that more expensive clinical assessments (such as the Woodcock Johnson) give. It may be worth checking out. They have a website at www.powerpath.com for those on the list who are interested. alan
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