Chapter 3: Assessment and the Identification of Dyslexia

IN THIS CHAPTER:

• 3.1 Assessment Within a Comprehensive Literacy Program
• 3.2 Early Screening of Reading Risk
• 3.3 Identifying Dyslexia
• 3.4 Clinical Diagnosis Versus School Identification

There is little debate as to whether the early identification of students is a useful mechanism by which students who are at risk for reading problems, including dyslexia, can be routed to appropriate next steps such as intensive early intervention (in preschool or kindergarten) or more in-depth diagnostic testing for diagnosis of reading disabilities.
National Center on Improving literacy, 2019