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Smart RTI: A Next-Generation Approach to Multilevel Prevention
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Compton, Donald L. – Exceptional Children, 2012
During the past decade, responsiveness to intervention (RTI) has become popular among many practitioners as a means of transforming schooling into a multilevel prevention system. Popularity aside, its successful implementation requires ambitious intent, a comprehensive structure, and coordinated service delivery. An effective RTI also depends on…
Descriptors: Prevention, Response to Intervention, Delivery Systems, Program Effectiveness
Creating Opportunities for Intensive Intervention for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
With the last reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, also known as No Child Left Behind or NCLB), special education research exerted a major influence on general education. Even so, the academic outcomes of students with learning disabilities (LD), who are the…
Descriptors: Intervention, General Education, Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities
Curriculum-Based Measurement: A Methodology for Evaluating and Improving Student Programs.
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Diagnostique, 1988
Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) is defined and described through a case study of a fourth-grade student. CBM is suggested as a system for monitoring goal appropriateness, adjusting instructional programs, and formulating instructional improvements. Potential contributions of CBM to special education practice are outlined, and areas of needed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Monitoring the Academic Progress of Children Who Are Unresponsive to Generally Effective Early Reading Intervention.
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McMaster, Kristen; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Compton, Donald L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2002
This article proposes a dual-discrepancy approach to identifying children who do not respond to generally effective reading instruction. Curriculum based measurement is suggested as an effective tool for detecting dual discrepancies and an example is provided from an ongoing program of research that uses the dual-discrepancy approach to identify…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Based Assessment, Early Identification, Early Intervention
Curriculum-Based Measurement: Describing Competence, Enhancing Outcomes, Evaluating Treatment Effects, and Identifying Treatment Nonresponders.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Peabody Journal of Education, 2002
Summarizes research on curriculum-based measurement (CBM) within four strands, providing an overview of studies demonstrating the psychometric tenability of CBM, discussing the body of work showing how teachers can use CBM to inform instructional planning, examining CBM's potential use in evaluating treatment effects, and summarizing work on CBM…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Curriculum Based Assessment, Curriculum Development
Classroom Ecological Inventory: A Process for Mainstreaming.
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Fuchs, Douglas; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994
Teachers in Tennessee are using the Classroom Ecological Inventory (CEI) to prepare students with mild disabilities for moves into mainstream settings. The CEI was field tested as part of the Peabody Reintegration Project and involves observation of the regular classroom, regular teacher interview, comparison of the special and regular classrooms,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Ecological Factors, Educational Planning
Treatment Validity: A Unifying Concept for Reconceptualizing the Identification of Learning Disabilities.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Proposes a treatment-validity model for the identification of learning disabilities. The four-phase eligibility-assessment process would include evaluating adaptations in the regular classroom and verifying the effectiveness of special education before placement. Considers the technical requirements of this alternative eligibility process, and the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods