Professor Jill Allor and research colleagues in Simmons release findings of a four-year, pioneering study of reading interventions with students 
who have intellectual disabilities or low IQ. With persistent, specialized instruction, these students learned how to read at a first grade level.
Students identified with intellectual disability account for nearly one in every 100 public school students, according to the study, which cites the U.S. Department of Education. Of those identified with intellectual disability who do graduate, most don’t receive a diploma, only a certificate of completion, said the study’s authors, who include Patricia Mathes, TI Endowed Chair in Evidence-Based Education and a professor in the Simmons School; J. Kyle Roberts; Jennifer P. Cheatham, research associate; and Stephanie Al Otaiba, Simmons professor.
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