Evaluating a Student

Although many teachers suspect which of the students in their classroom are struggling readers it may be helpful to understand more about why they are struggling and what can be done to help. Toward that end MD4 Reading offers the following information to assist teachers. This information is only a partial listing and is not intended to replace formal psycho-educational evaluations and assumes that the student in question has at least average intelligence. For more detailed information please contact MD4 Reading or your school psychologist.

This is only a partial list of the possible difficulties a struggling reader might have. Please see "Characteristics by Grade" for more information or contact us with a question at inquiry@MD4Reading.com.

 

YOUR STUDENT 
(Click on the symptom for more detail)
 
Forgets how to sound out words
Shows signs of reversing and rotating letters and numbers at or above the first grade
Struggles with multistep directions and or sequential information
Has difficulty reading and spelling eidetic (phonetically irregular) words
Has difficulty lining up math problems
Has difficulty with flashcards
Has difficulty with written math problems but not with mathematics concepts
Substitutes words and syllables with incorrect ones
Has difficulty reading and spelling phonetically regular words
Has trouble copying information
Has difficulty with visual directions
Struggles with comprehension
Has difficulty with auditory directions
Sounds out the same word differently each time it is read
Slows down their reading in order to maintain accuracy
Often loses their place when reading