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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Dev Disabil. 2016 Jan 21;51-52:49–59. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.005

Table 2.

Prevalence Rates of Academic Impairment in Reading, Mathematics, and Written Expression

Underachievement Model Discrepancy Model

Academic Domain Total Students Percent of Sample Total Students Percent of Sample
Reading 79 24.3 55 17.0
Mathematics 118 36.3 80 24.7
Written Expression 73 22.4 56 17.2
Number of Impaired Domains -- -- -- --
None 174 53.5 198 60.7
One 72 22.1 71 21.8
Two 39 12.0 30 9.5
Three 40 12.3 19 6.0