Low IQ students learn to read at 1st-grade level after persistent, intensive instruction

http://blog.smu.edu/research/2014/05/20/low-iq-students-learn-to-read-at-1st-grade-level-after-persistent-intensive-instruction/

The findings of a pioneering four-year educational study offer hope for thousands of children identified with intellectual disability or low IQ who have very little, if any, reading ability.

The study by researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, is the first large-scale longitudinal study of its kind to demonstrate the reading potential of students with intellectual disability or low IQ, said lead author Jill H. Allor, principal investigator of the study, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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