Reading and dyslexia legislation: Analytic techniques and findings on the framing of dyslexia

Abstract

In this chapter, we review recent legislation and analyze transcripts of public hearings and associated legislative documents using frame analysis to understand how reading has been constructed as a policy problem. We then engage in a discourse analysis of frames by examining constructions of reading as a policy problem and the positioning of stakeholders made relevant within written testimony. We then discuss the various constructs of reading/reading difficulty in legislative documents within a single state and discuss their implications for implementation and future policymaking.