kitchen table math, the sequel: increase in learning disabilities
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Showing posts with label increase in learning disabilities. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

NBT

Reid Lyon on dysteachia:

When we look at the kids that are having a tough time learning to read, we went through the statistics: 38% nationally, disaggregate that, 70% kids from poverty and so forth hit the wall ... 95% of those kids are instructional casualties.

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95% of the kids hitting the wall in learning to read are what we called “NBT”: never been taught.