Nearly half of screened K-2 children in two New Orleans charter schools screened at risk for dyslexia, and most tested at-risk children met dyslexia criteria¶
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q2 i? 121 of 246 (49.2%) children in kindergarten through second grade screened as at risk for dyslexia. → Laura Cassidy 2023
q2 i? Of 92 at-risk children tested with parental consent, 57 (62%) had a profile consistent with dyslexia, of whom 53 were African-American. → Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)
Evidence¶
Laura Cassidy 2023¶
Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8
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Screening study in two inner city public charter schools in New Orleans; teachers completed the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen in early spring 2018. "246 children were screened for dyslexia, and 121 (49.2%) screened as at risk for dyslexia"; 90% of children screened were African-American.
"246 children were screened for dyslexia, and 121 (49.2%) screened as at risk for dyslexia (Table 1). Of the children screened, 221, 90% were African-American, 8% Hispanic, and 2% white"
Laura Cassidy 2023 (2)¶
Laura Cassidy, Kayla Reggio, Bennett A. Shaywitz and Sally E. Shaywitz. (2023). Prevalence of undiagnosed dyslexia in African-American primary school children. npj Science of Learning 8:52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00204-8
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Detailed individual testing of 92 at-risk children (76.0% of the 121 at-risk) using KBIT-2, TOWRE-2, CTOPP-2 and DIBELS 8, with consensus classification by experienced clinicians. "57 (62%) had a profile consistent with dyslexia"; 7 were not dyslexic, 7 English language learners, 21 indeterminate.
"Of these 92 students, 57 (62%) had a profile consistent with dyslexia, and 53 of the 57 (93%) were African-American; 7 (8%) students did not have dyslexia"
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Related Claims¶
- Sharing a dyslexia diagnosis with the child is associated with feeling empowered, while undiagnosed dyslexia is linked to poor self-view and the school-to-prison pipeline — related
- Latent profile analysis of kindergarten pre-reading measures yields six distinct performance profiles, including PA risk, RAN risk, and double-deficit risk groups — related
- Kindergarten profile membership predicts differentiated 1st-grade reading patterns: the double-deficit group performed worse than all other profiles on nearly all measures — related
- Results provide no support for the IQ-achievement discrepancy model of dyslexia; non-verbal IQ correlated with all Year-1 language measures — related
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Nearly half of screened K-2 children in two New Orleans charter schools screened at risk for dyslexia, and most tested at-risk children met dyslexia criteria |
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Nearly half of screened K-2 children in two New Orleans charter schools screened at risk for dyslexia, and most tested at-risk children met dyslexia criteria |
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