Many children with learning disabilities show a discrepancy between abilities or between potential and achievement

Which of the following best illustrates such a discrepancy?

a. An 8-year-old with a below-average IQ score has mastered only first-grade vocabulary and reads 2 years below grade level.
b. An adolescent scores in the below-average range on an IQ test and averages 2.5 years below grade level in academic achievement.
c. A fifth grader reads at the fourth grade level and scored on the above average range on an IQ test. d. A child has difficulty remembering what is presented visually or orally.


ANSWER: c

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