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Discrepancy Model to RtI: Gauging Teacher Preparedness for This Shift in Specific Learning Disability Classification
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Joseph A. Hogan – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2025
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) allows alternate pathways for school districts to identify and classify students with a specific learning disability (SLD). Response to Intervention (RtI) is one of the frameworks schools can use when eliminating the use of the discrepancy model. The premise of RtI posits that…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Classification
Implementation of RtI as a Part of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: What Teachers, Administrators, and Teacher Educators Need to Know
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Susan Polirstok; Joseph A. Hogan – Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 2024
Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is an outgrowth of Response to Intervention (RtI). The various systems of support for students and school communities provided through these programs are integral to modern education and embedded in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004. While there are many benefits to…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Educational Legislation
The Trend in SLD Enrollments and the Role of RTI
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
Based on the latest U.S. Department of Education data, this article presents the enrollment figures for students identified with specific learning disabilities (SLD) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for the school years from 1995-1996 to 2011-2012. The figures for each year are (a) the number of students with SLD ages 6…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Incidence