Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties - Chapter 1

A difference exists between the student's ability and achievement.

A fifth-grader with the ability of a seventh-grader would be expected to read on a seventh-grade level

An approach to the identification of reading/learning disabilities in which struggling students are provided with reading instruction that increases in intensity from high-quality classroom instruction to specialized one-on-one intervention in order to assess the student' ability to learn. Instruction is typically combined with diagnosis.

Prevention and Remediation

• 1. High-quality classroom instruction
• 2. Supplementary instruction
• 3. Intensive instruction

One who is reading below intellectual capacity or oral language development