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Tollefson, Julie M.; Mellard, Daryl F.; McKnight, Melinda A. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
The 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (P.L. 108-446) (IDEA 2004) has brought the issue of specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification procedures and criteria to the forefront. Calls for reform are not new and are based on decades of various policy, implementation, and research agendas. The…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Disabilities, Early Intervention, Response to Intervention
Fuchs, Lynn S. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) has completed two large studies to look at how responsiveness to intervention (RTI) works at the first-grade level for preventing and identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading and math. The purpose of this report is to help professionals and parents understand what RTI…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Reading, Reading Material Selection
Tollefson, Julie M. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006
In September 2005, the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) sponsored an invitation-only forum to look closely at applying responsiveness to intervention (RTI) to specific learning disabilities (SLD) determination decisions. Thus far, research and school-based practices have perceived RTI as a prevention model focused on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Researchers
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is addressed through federal law and refers to a tiered approach to instruction. Students who do not make adequate academic progress and who are at risk for reading and other learning disabilities receive increasingly intensive instructional services. This brief was developed to help you understand…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006
A significant commitment of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) has been to work with school sites that are implementing responsiveness to intervention (RTI) models. The work with these schools began in November 2002 after the U.S. Department of Education requested that NRCLD identify, describe, and evaluate the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction, Resource Centers, Principals
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
One of the hallmark changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), which was signed into law in December 2004, allows for the use of special education funds (Part B) for at-risk students. These are students who may need additional academic or behavioral support but who do not qualify for special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, At Risk Students, Special Education, Response to Intervention