Which problems below are the primary reasons for current dissatisfaction with IQ/achievement method of identifying learning disabilities?
A) Students must wait until they are performing poorly in school to get help; large numbers of students are identified as having LD.
B) Students with learning disabilities do not actually have normal intelligence; LD is hard to distinguish from low achievement.
C) Proving a discrepancy between intelligence and achievement is difficult and unreliable; there is not enough focus on medical aspects of LD.
D) The method identifies only a few students; it focuses too much on social aspects of LD.
A
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