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Sharon Vaughn; Jeremy Miciak; Nathan Clemens; Jack M. Fletcher – Grantee Submission, 2024
We address defining and identifying students with dyslexia within the context of multi-tier systems of support (MTSS). We review proposed definitions of dyslexia, evidence for proposed definitional attributes, and emphasize the role of response to intervention in identifying students with dyslexia. We identify dyslexia as individuals with specific…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Definitions, Revision (Written Composition), Multi Tiered Systems of Support
Bresina, Britta Cook; Baker, Kristi; Donegan, Rachel; Whaley, Victoria M. – Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, 2018
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-level framework designed to prevent academic failure and remediate areas of deficit. It is a framework to support students for whom generally effective practices have been insufficient. Its inclusion in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; U. S. Department of Education, 2004) identified…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Secondary School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension
Houston Independent School District, 2019
In an effort to ensure that all students in grades K-12 received the appropriate supports and services to meet their full potential, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) employs the Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) program to document individualized interventions implemented to support the child and provide, if needed, a bridge to…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Houston Independent School District, 2018
In the 2017-2018 school year, in an effort to ensure that all students in grades K-12 received the appropriate supports and services to meet their full potential, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) employed the Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) program to document individualized interventions implemented to support the child and…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Zipoli, Richard P., Jr.; Merritt, Donna D. – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Many students with a history of speech or language impairment have an elevated risk of reading difficulty. Specific subgroups of these students remain at risk of reading problems even after clinical manifestations of a speech or language disorder have diminished. These students may require reading intervention within a general education system of…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students