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<DIV><FONT size=4>Andrea,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thirty some years ago the California Community Colleges came
up with a method<BR>of determining whether students were eligible for services
for learning<BR>disabilities. All the community colleges use the same method for
their<BR>students. The model is about to be reviewed, but our whole process can
be<BR>found
at<BR><BR>http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/publications/dsps/content/ldem/ldeligible.html<BR><BR>The
major tests we use to assess learning disabilities are <BR>1) a rigorous
screening to ensure that testing would be useful and that the<BR>learning
difficulty seen in school is not caused by some other disability,<BR>lack of
access to education or second language issue.<BR>2) an IQ test- usually the WAIS
III or Woodcock-Johnson III Cognitive<BR>3) achievement tests in reading,
writing and math ( usually three tests in<BR>each area)- some combination of
Woodcock-Johnson Tests III of Achievement,<BR>WIAT, WRAT,
Nelson-Denny<BR><BR>Marie Doerner<BR>DSPS Instructional Leader<BR>Continuing
Education</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><A href="mailto:mdoerner@sdccd.edu">mdoerner@sdccd.edu</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:57:40 -0500<BR>From:
Andrea Wilder </FONT><A href="mailto:andreawilder@comcast.net"><FONT
face=Verdana size=4>andreawilder@comcast.net</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Marie--<BR><BR>What do you use for
testing? Which assessments?<BR><BR>Andrea
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