Fiftieth Anniversary: An Editor’s Perspective From 25 to 30 Years Ago

Important articles published in Learning Disability Quarterly (LDQ) during the years 1988 to 1998 were reviewed. Ten articles were identified with citations still occurring to date (2020–2025). These articles focused on strategy instruction, metacognition, fluency training, social skills, risk factors, and identification of children with learning disabilities across the United States. Also discussed during the 1988 to 1998 time were LDQ articles that focused on the limitations of discrepancy criteria, the narrowing of research focus, limitations of the null hypothesis related to intervention research, and the politics of knowledge that permeated the field at that time. The selected articles reviewed, based upon continuing citations in the last 5 years, have continued to yield an intellectual impact on the field of learning disabilities.