Validity of intelligence test scores in the definition of learning disability: A critical analysis

Authors

D. J. Francis
K. A. Espy, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
B. P. Rourke
J. M. Fletcher

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

November 1991

Abstract

The relationship of intelligence test performance to learning deficiency is a longstanding issue affecting treatment and research on learning disabled children. Despite many questions concerning the use of intelligence tests for classifying disabled learners, these tests have become entrenched in every form of work with these children (Kaufman, 1979; Sattler, 1988).