Journal Articles / Legislative Analysis

Journal Articles

Academic & Legal Analysis of the impact of legislation geared to dyslexia.

• A Critical Analysis of Dyslexia Legislation in Three States

  Jo Worthy, Doris Villarreal, Vickie Godfrey, Sam DeJulio, Angela Stefanski, Amy Leitze, Jennifer Cooper. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice. Vol 66, Issue 1, 2017.

• A realist review of dyslexia pilot project research

  Gearin, B., Turtura, J., Anderson, K. et al.  Annals. of Dyslexia (Published 10 June 2023).

• A Review of the Evidence on Tier 1 Instruction for Readers With Dyslexia

  Timothy Shanahan. Reading Research Quarterly. First published online: 01 August 2021

• An Examination of Dyslexia Research and Instruction With Policy Implications

  Johnston, Peter, and Donna Scanlon. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, vol. 70, no. 1, Nov. 2021, pp. 107–128.

• Characteristics of Students Identified With Dyslexia Within the Context of State Legislation

  Odegard, T. N., Farris, E. A., Middleton, A. E., Oslund, E., & Rimrodt-Frierson, S. (2020).  Journal of Learning Disabilities.

• Converting to Privatization: A Discourse Analysis of Dyslexia Policy Narratives

  Gabriel, Rachael E. American Educational Research Journal. Vol 57, Issue 1, 2020.

• Current State of the Evidence: Examining the Effects of Orton-Gillingham Reading Interventions for Students With or at Risk for Word-Level Reading Disabilities

  Stevens, Elizabeth A., Christy Austin, Clint Moore, Nancy Scammacca, Alexis N. Boucher, and Sharon Vaughn. Exceptional Children, (February 2021)

• Document Analysis of State Dyslexia Legislation Suggests Likely Heterogeneous Effects on Student and School Outcomes

  Gearin, B., Petscher, Y., Stanley, C., Nelson, N. J., & Fien, H. (2021)  Learning Disability Quarterly.

• Dyslexia and Georgia Senate Bill 48

  By Nora W. Schlesinger Kennesaw State University, Georgia Journal of Literacy,  Vol 43, No. 1 (2020)

• Dyslexia laws in the USA

  Youman, M., Mather, N. Annals of Dyslexia 63, 133–153 (2013).

• Dyslexia Laws in the USA: A 2018 Update

  Martha Youman and Nancy Mather, Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Spring 2018

• Dyslexia: State Laws and Court Decisions

  Perry A. Zirkel. Communiqué | May 2022, Volume 50, Number 7, pages 19-21. (National Association of School Psychologists)

• Early Identification of and Intervention for Children with and without Dyslexia Characteristics: A Comparison Study

  Elizabeth L. Kaye, Victor Lozada & Connie Briggs. Literacy Research and Instruction. Published online: 29 Apr 2022.

• Evaluating the impact of dyslexia laws on the identification of specific learning disability and dyslexia

  Phillips, B.A.B., Odegard, T.N. Annals of Dyslexia 67, 356–368 (2017).

• External evaluations for dyslexia: do the data support parent concerns?

  Odegard, T. N., Hutchings, T., Farris, E. A., & Oslund, E. L. Annals of dyslexia, 71 (1), 50–59. (2021).

• Legal Developments for Students With Dyslexia

  Zirkel, P. A. (2020). Learning Disability Quarterly, 43(3), 127–139.

• Lost in Translation? Challenges in Connecting Reading Science and Educational Practice

  Seidenberg, M. S., Borkenhagen, M. C., & Kearns, D. M. (2020, July 6).

• Reading and Dyslexia Legislation: Analytic Techniques and Findings on the Framing of Dyslexia

  Gabriel R.E., Woulfin S. (2017) In: Lester J., Lochmiller C., Gabriel R. (eds) Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

• Screening for Dyslexia: Policy, Emerging Research, and Best Practices

  Yaacov Petscher, Hank Fien, Chris Stanley, Brian Gearin, Nadine Gaab, Jack Fletcher, and Evelyn Johnson, National Center on Improving Literacy (2019)

• Teacher Educators' Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Perceptions Related to Dyslexia: Phase I.

  Roop, Teddy D. and Howe, Kathleen S. (2022)  Literacy Practice and Research: Vol. 47: No. 3, Article 4.

• The State of Dyslexia: Recent Legislation and Guidelines for Serving School-Age Children and Adolescents With Dyslexia

  Jeannene M. Ward-Lonergan and Jill K. Duthie. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages: 810-816. October 2018

• We Know for a Fact: Dyslexia Interventionists and the Power of Authoritative Discourse.

  Worthy, J., Svrcek, N., Daly-Lesch, A., & Tily, S. Journal of Literacy Research, 50(3), 2018.