Education World – Nicole Gorman
“Researchers from the University of California, Davis and Yale University have found that addressing dyslexia as soon as possible is crucial to closing the achievement gap between dyslexic and typical readers. According to the report published in this month’s The Journal of Pediatrics, “Achievement Gap in Reading Is Present as Early as First Grade and Persists Through Adolescence,” dyslexia affects 17%-21% of school-age population. For those unfamiliar, as a learning disability “dyslexia is a problem with a component of spoken language, phonological processing: that is, getting to the elemental sounds of speech, affecting both spoken and written language,” the report said.”(more)