Each of the Following Is a Weakness of the Achievement-Ability

question 78

Multiple Choice

Each of the following is a weakness of the achievement-ability discrepancy method of identifying learning disabilities EXCEPT

• A)It has been used only with students with reading problems,not math problems.
• B)Those that are statistically adequate are difficult and expensive to implement.
• C)IQ is not a very strong predictor of reading ability.
• D)The concept of discrepancy is practically useless in the earliest elementary grades.

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