PO573: Agree to Disagree: Classification Agreement Amongst PSW and IAD Methodologies

  • PMD: 1,9
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 5: Issues in School Psychology, Education, and Supervision

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about the degree of agreement between different SLD identification methods;
  2. identify social justice concerns that arise from low classification agreement; and
  3. learn about the strengths and weaknesses of different SLD identification methods.

Description

Do different methods of SLD identification identify the same students? Learn about the results of a study investigating the classification agreement between severe discrepancy and PSW.

Presenter(s)

Emma M. Ferns, Northern Arizona University
Carlos O. Calderon, Northern Arizona University

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