{"id":2036,"date":"2022-08-17T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.dyslexiacompass.eu\/?post_type=report&#038;p=2036"},"modified":"2022-09-02T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T10:05:23","slug":"understanding-testing-interpretation-cross-border-practices-in-dyslexia-assessment","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/dyslexiacompass.eu\/ro\/report\/understanding-testing-interpretation-cross-border-practices-in-dyslexia-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"IO2 &#8211; Understanding \u2013 Testing \u2013 Interpretation: Cross-Border Practices in Dyslexia Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2036\" class=\"elementor elementor-2036\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21b2af e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"f21b2af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-964d579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"964d579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Introduction<\/h2><p>Focus group reports such as this should not be taken as an exact science. Although a broad range of opinions was canvassed from five different countries within the continent of Europe, there remains the opportunity for development: a larger number of countries could be investigated, more diagnosticians could be asked, feelings could be sought over a longer period of time to account for changing opinions and reflected alterations to one or another answer due to new information, changes in context, or even differences in mood among respondents. Alternatively, all participants in the focus groups could be interviewed by one researcher rather than one researcher per country, to account for different ways of asking the questions, seeking the answers, and recording the results.<\/p><p>Nevertheless, where care is taken to account for any inexactitude of results, and where those conducting the focus groups are mindful of their responsibilities to account for the situational and environmental nature of the studies, fascinating and useful data can be extracted from such inquiry.<\/p><p>This document records and collates three categories of information:<\/p><ul><li>Diagnosticians\u2019 understanding of and responses to different \u201cofficial\u201d definitions of dyslexia;<\/li><li>What elements of dyslexia those diagnosticians are testing for, and how they test for them; and<\/li><li>How they interpret these different elements of dyslexia.<\/li><\/ul><p>The first category will show whether diagnosticians from around Europe see dyslexia in the same way; the second category will show whether they\u2019re testing for the same things, in the same ways; and the third category will show whether, in testing for the same (or different) things, they understand these things in a consistent way from country to country. It is a threefold approach, consisting in understanding, testing, and interpretation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644105d e-con-boxed e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"644105d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a412c elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"58a412c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-\" href=\"#understanding\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-brain\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#understanding\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart One\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnderstanding\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939a09c elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"939a09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c7f4f elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"82c7f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-\" href=\"#testing\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-pencil-ruler\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#testing\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart Two\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTesting\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a36e01 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"2a36e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d749bd6 elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"d749bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-\" href=\"#interpretation\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-glasses\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#interpretation\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart Three\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInterpretare\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e2607b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e2607b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\tIn other words, where a person is tested for dyslexia in (for instance) Croatia, is the understanding, testing, and interpretation of those tests the same as it would be if that same person were tested for dyslexia in (for instance) Romania? If it is not, it becomes of paramount importance to create a means of translating and aligning these dyslexia assessments so that \u2013 on the one hand \u2013 a person\u2019s dyslexia diagnosis does not become irrelevant or unacceptable as she moves from one region in Europe to another; while \u2013 on the other hand \u2013 politicians and those in positions of authority can finally put in place coherent plans for dyslexia testing, intervention, and accommodation.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e9eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5e9eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"understanding\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Part One: Understanding<\/h2><p>To gauge cross-border understanding of a general definition of dyslexia, diagnosticians and assessors from around Europe were asked to say how far they agreed or disagreed with different influential organisations\u2019 definitions of dyslexia; and to what extent they believed these definitions were similar or otherwise. While the presentation of the focus group statistics and results varied slightly, strong pictures did emerge from these questions.<\/p><p>For instance, in the UK (perhaps unsurprisingly), the British Dyslexia Association\u2019s definition of dyslexia was viewed as the most accurate; while internationally (including the UK), the International Dyslexia Association\u2019s definition was viewed favourably.<\/p><h3>List of abbreviations:<\/h3><p>BDA = British Dyslexia Association<br \/>Rose = The Rose Report (influential UK report on dyslexia)<br \/>BPS = British Psychological Society<br \/>EDA = European Dyslexia Association<br \/>IDA = International Dyslexia Association<br \/>ADA = American Dyslexia Association<\/p><p>UK = United Kingdom<br \/>Ro = Romania<br \/>Sp = Spain<br \/>Nor = Norway<br \/>Cro = Croatia<\/p><p>The definitions of dyslexia that were discussed were:<\/p><p>BDA: A learning difference which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing.<br \/>Rose: Difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal processing speed.<br \/>BPS: Accurate and fluent word reading and \/ or spelling develops incompletely or with very great difficulty.<br \/>EDA: A disorder mainly characterized by severe difficulties in acquiring reading, spelling and writing skills.<br \/>IDA: A neurologically-based condition that affects reading accuracy, reading fluency, and spelling. An unexpected difficulty in learning to read.<br \/>ADA: Gene-conditional assessments transmitted by inheritance in humans. The deficient sensory perceptions are affected by genetic processes in the brain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9648fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9648fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"testing\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Part Two: Testing<\/h2><p>It may seem intuitively obvious that where testing for dyslexia is different from country to country, where tests are looking for different things, and where the threshold for \u201cbeing flagged\u201d in a test is different in different regions, then the numbers of recorded dyslexics in any one region \u2013 and indeed what these people are being recorded as \u2013 may vary. It\u2019s therefore important to understand what it is practitioners in different regions are looking for, and how.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261a6ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261a6ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"interpretation\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Part Three: Interpretation<\/h2><p>Once it\u2019s been established what it is that assessors and diagnosticians are testing for, it becomes important to establish what they understand by these things. For example, if two diagnosticians are each testing for \u201cvisual perception\u201d, but one interprets this to mean \u201cseeing letters backwards\u201d and the other interprets it to mean \u201cseeing words moving on a page\u201d, then it would be unwise to conclude that they\u2019re really testing for the same thing. It\u2019s also crucial that we know how much importance assessors put on the different elements they might be testing for. If one assessor sees \u201cvisual perception\u201d as extremely important but \u201cworking memory\u201d as relatively unimportant, while another thought the reverse, it would be equally unwise to conclude that \u201cdyslexia\u201d meant the same to both people, even if they both included the two elements in their evaluations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Focus group reports such as this should not be taken as an exact science. 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