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This paper aims to provide an overview and some insight into what is known about screening for dyslexia.

Studies report fundamental differences in brain development and activation patterns between individuals with dyslexia and those without.

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This toolkit helps parents and educators learn about dyslexia and how to support the literacy development of students with dyslexia.

Understanding Screening: Overall Screening and Assessment

Assessment is a process of collecting information. Screening is an assessment process that helps teachers identify students who are at risk for not meeting grade-level learning goals.

Understanding Screening: Classification Accuracy

Classification accuracy is a key characteristic of screening tools. A goal in classification accuracy is to correctly identify issues that result in a later problem and situations in which the scores identify issues that do not result in a later problem.

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