Psychometric data for 290 special education students with specific learning disabilities were reviewed at reevaluation as required by both state and federal regulations. A significant change in scores for 18% of the subjects led to their reclassification as nonhandicapped. Gains in reading and mathematics for those 52 whose classifications changed were significantly higher than gains of those 238 whose classifications were the same.
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