Jamie Quinn|Richard K. Wagner
Gender Differences in Reading Impairment and in the Identification of Impaired Readers
Florida State University|Florida State University
reading impairment common males magnitude origin gender difference debated largescale study reading impairment among 491103 beginning secondgraders gender differences increased greater severity reading impairment peaking ratio 241 broad measure fluency ratio 161 narrow measure decoding results three tests indicate gender differences reading impairment attributable primarily male vulnerability rather ascertainment bias correspondence identification impaired reader study criteria school identification learning disabled poor overall worse girls 1 4 boys 1 7 girls identified reading impaired study school identified learning disabled