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Marie--<div><br></div><div>Thanks. I'll look into practicing with some adults and these tests. I really appreciate your news from the field.</div><div><br></div><div>Andrea :)</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 9, 2008, at 6:15 PM, <a href="mailto:SALandrum@aol.com">SALandrum@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>Is it possible to obtain a copy of the <em>Academic Attribute Survey you use?</em></div> <div><em></em> </div> <div><em>Susan Landrum</em></div> <div><em>Central GA Tech Coll</em></div> <div> </div> <div> <div>In a message dated 11/9/2008 5:09:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, <a href="mailto:RKenyon721@aol.com">RKenyon721@aol.com</a> writes:</div> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><font face="Tw Cen MT" color="#000000" size="5"> <div><font size="4">Andrea,</font></div> <div><font size="4"></font> </div> <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><a href="http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/publications/dsps/content/ldem/ldeligible.html">http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/publications/dsps/content/ldem/ldeligible.html</a><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 title="mailto:mdoerner@sdccd.edu" href="mailto:mdoerner@sdccd.edu">mdoerner@sdccd.edu</a> <br></font></div> <div><font size="4"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana" size="3"></font> </div> <div><font face="Verdana" size="4">Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:57:40 -0500<br>From: Andrea Wilder </font><a title="mailto:andreawilder@comcast.net" 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? 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