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Classifying students with mathematics learning disability (MLD, or dyscalculia) is typically based on composite scores from broad measures of math achievement, These scores may predict later math achievement levels but do not specify the nature of math difficulties likely to emerge among students at greatest risk for long-term failure in math.

Recent research from the University of Minneapolis suggests that specific qualitative assessments of symbolic number knowledge in early grades may reveal more about children’s thinking about numbers than does a typical “pass or fail” test.  This in turn may reveal which students are most at risk for persistent poor math outcomes in future years,

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