Demographics Student Name:
DOB: Grade: School:
Gender: Ethnicity: Date of admission
into SED: Primary Disability:
Secondary Disability: Other Disabilities:
Student Schedule:
Subject Setting Time
Time in Resource: Time in Inclusion: Time in Other Setting: Most Recent Comprehensive Testing (Include IQ and Achievement Data) Date of Testing: Grade at Testing: Age at Testing:
Test Name Raw
Score Standard Score Percentile Rank Noted Needs Method for LD Identification
Notes from Testing:
Goals and Objectives Reading Goal: Objectives: Reading Goal: Objectives: Reading Goal: Objectives: Reading Goal: Objectives:
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Vita
Elizabeth Ann Swanson was born in Austin, Texas, on June 14, 1975. She is the daughter of Mary Ann Baggett-Kraemer and Michael Jack McGuffin and wife of Brett Alan Swanson. After completing her work at Longview High School, Longview, Texas, in 1993, she entered The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Bachelor of Science from UT in 1997. During the following years, she was employed as a special education teacher at Andrews Elementary School in Austin, Texas. In September of 2000 she entered the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin while continuing teaching. She received her Master of Education degree in 2003. In September of 2003 she returned to the Graduate School of The University of Texas to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Permanent address: 1113 Liffey Drive, Pflugerville, Texas 78660 This dissertation was typed by the author.