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Commentary: The Need for More Expansive Frameworks--A Practical Perspective
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Rueda, Robert – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
The intent of this volume was to address the following questions: What is considered acceptable knowledge about learning disabilities? Who decides? Where does knowledge come from? Who uses it and for what purposes? Who benefits? In their article, Artiles et al. (this issue) focus explicitly on the issue of culture and how it has served to impact…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Disabilities, Cultural Influences, Models
Incorporating RTI in a Hybrid Model of Reading Disability
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Spencer, Mercedes; Wagner, Richard K.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Quinn, Jamie M.; Lopez, Danielle; Petscher, Yaacov – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The present study seeks to evaluate a hybrid model of identification that incorporates response to instruction and intervention (RTI) as one of the key symptoms of reading disability. The 1-year stability of alternative operational definitions of reading disability was examined in a large-scale sample of students who were followed longitudinally…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Response to Intervention, Models, Longitudinal Studies
Predictors of Responsiveness to Early Literacy Intervention: A 10-Year Update
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Lam, Elizabeth A.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this review was to update previous reviews on factors related to students' responsiveness to early literacy intervention. The 14 studies in this synthesis used experimental designs, provided small-group or one-on-one reading interventions, and analyzed factors related to responsiveness to those interventions. Participants were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Responsiveness to Intervention in Reading: Architecture and Practices
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Jenkins, Joseph R.; Schiller, Ellen; Blackorby, Jose; Thayer, Sara Kalb; Tilly, W. David – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
This article describes how a purposeful sample of 62 elementary schools from 17 states implemented a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework for reading. School informants answered surveys and were interviewed about differentiated instruction in Tier 1, screening/benchmarking, where Tier 2 interventions were located, typical group size and the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Instruction, Response to Intervention, Benchmarking