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Response to Intervention and Specific Learning Disability Identification: Evidence from Tennessee
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Allison F. Gilmour; Justin Harper; Blair Lloyd; Alyssa Van Camp – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Response to intervention (RTI) is a method for providing academic support to students and for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Using interrupted time series and hazard models, we examined if statewide RTI adoption in the U.S. state of Tennessee was associated with changes in rates of SLD and first-time SLD identification in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Intervention
Language Used in School Psychological Evaluation Reports as Predictors of SLD Identification within a Response to Intervention Model
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Barrett, Courtenay A.; Burns, Matthew K.; Maki, Kathrin E.; Clinkscales, Andryce; Hajovsky, Daniel B.; Spear, Shelbie E. – School Psychology, 2022
Despite decades of research, much is still unknown regarding how specific learning disability (SLD) identification decisions are made, particularly how language related to sociodemographic and psychosocial factors may impact decision-making. This study employed the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) method to examine the language used in…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Language Usage, School Psychology
An Examination of the Relationships between Specific Learning Disabilities Identification and Growth Rate, Achievement, Cognitive Ability, and Student Demographics
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Maki, Kathrin E.; Barrett, Courtenay A.; Hajovsky, Daniel B.; Burns, Matthew K. – School Psychology, 2020
Students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) represent a large proportion of those receiving special education services in U.S. schools, but the relationship between student-level variables and SLD identification is still not well understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which data collected as part of a…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Academic Achievement, Race
Learning Disability Identification Consistency: The Impact of Methodology and Student Evaluation Data
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Maki, Kathrin E.; Burns, Matthew K.; Sullivan, Amanda – School Psychology Quarterly, 2017
Learning disability (LD) identification has long been controversial and has undergone substantive reform. This study examined the consistency of school psychologists' LD identification decisions across three identification methods and across student evaluation data conclusiveness levels. Data were collected from 376 practicing school psychologists…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
ESL Teachers' Perceptions of the Process for Identifying Adolescent Latino English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disabilities
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Ferlis, Emily C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the question "how do ESL teachers perceive the prereferral process for identifying adolescent Latino English language learners with specific learning disabilities?" The study fits within the Latino Critical Race Theory framework and employs an interpretive phenomenological qualitative research approach.…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Disability Identification
Improving Reading Outcomes for Students with or at Risk for Reading Disabilities: A Synthesis of the Contributions from the Institute of Education Sciences Research Centers. NCSER 2014-3000
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Connor, Carol M.; Alberto, Paul A.; Compton, Donald L.; O'Connor, Rollanda E. – National Center for Special Education Research, 2014
Reading difficulties and disabilities present serious and potentially lifelong challenges. Children who do not read well are more likely to be retained a grade in school, drop out of high school, become a teen parent, or enter the juvenile justice system. Building on the extant research and seminal studies, including the National Reading Panel and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Reading Skills, At Risk Students