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    A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners

    1/1/08 - Julie Esparza Brown, Jennifer Doolittle

    Looking through the lens of culturally responsive practice, we consider how best to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in a way that will provide equitable educational opportunity for students who are English Language Learners (ELLs).

  • A framework for developing high-quality english language proficiency standards and assessments

    1/1/08 - Southeast Comprehensive Center,

    Edynn Sato, PhD, director, WestEd Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, discusses the framework for creating high-quality English language proficiency (ELP) standards and assessments. The purpose of the framework is to assist states with interpretation and implementation of Title III requirements for ELP standards and assessments.

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    A parent's guide for response to intervention (RTI)

    1/1/06 - Cortiella, C.

    This 2006 brief provides an overview of the RTI process and describes how it is implemented in schools. This resource would be useful to parents who are looking for more information about the RTI process and provides specific questions that parents can ask at their children's schools.

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    Access to the General Education Curriculum for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

    1/1/06 - The Access Center,

    This brief explores the linkages between alternate state standards, alternate assessment, the IEP, and classroom instruction and assessment as the process of providing access to the general education curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities

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    Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS)

    1/1/07 - Robbie Blaha, Brad Carlson

    The Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS) is a resource for educational teams who are responsible for developing appropriate adaptations and strategies for children who are deafblind and who are candidates for learning manual language systems. Includes strategies for organizing the assessment process, assessment questions with considerations for adaptations, and summary results.

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    Assisting students struggling with mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for elementary and middle schools (NCEE 2009-4060)

    1/1/09 - Gersten, R. , Beckmann, S. , Clarke, B. , Foegen, A. , Marsh, L. , Star, J. R. , Witzel, B.

    This Practice Guide, released by IES in April 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling in math. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with math. The guide presents recommendations about screening, instruction, and progress monitoring and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and potential concerns that...

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    Assisting students struggling with reading: Response to Intervention and multi-tier intervention for reading in the primary grades. A practice guide. (NCEE 2009-4045)

    1/1/08 - Gersten, R., Compton, D., Connor, C.M., Dimino, J., Santoro, L., Linan-Thompson, S., Tilly, W.D.

    This Practice Guide, released by IES in February 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling with reading. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with reading as well as set in place a screening process for all students. The guide presents recommendations and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and...

  • Colorín Colorado

    Colorín Colorado,

    A free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners.Also includes information about accommodations and evaluation, informal assessment, standards-based writing, bilingual parent tips about testing, recommended guides and research, and a webcast.

  • Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention

    1/1/08 - National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems,

    Participants in this professional learning module will become familiar with the basic structures and features of culturally responsive RTI with a focus on ensuring that general education provides robust, high quality opportunities to learn for all students. Participants will also identify traditional attitudes related to what counts as evidence in research and practice, expand upon these views, and design interventions for their own pedagogy that take into account the role of culture in...

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    Determining adequate yearly progress from kindergarten through grade 6 with Curriculum Based Measurement

    National Center on Student Progress Monitoring,

    Progress monitoring is a scientifically based practice that teachers can use to evaluate the effectiveness of their instruction for individual students or their entire class. Teachers identify goals for what their students will learn over time, measure their students' progress toward meeting these goals by comparing expected and actual rates of learning, and adjust their teaching as needed. The benefits of progress monitoring include accelerated learning for students who receive more...

  • Dialogue guide: IQ-Achievement discrepancy model

    1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

    This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on identifying students for learning disabilities. A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, explains what the IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model is, how it is used in identifying students with learning disabilities, and three main problems with this model. It describes RTI as an alternative method of identifying students with learning disabilities. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA...

  • Dialogue guide: Rational for RTI

    1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

    This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on the topic “Rationale for RTI.” The brief, developed by the IRIS Center, describes the primary features of RTI, discusses the benefits of RTI in relation to early intervening services and the identification of learning disabilities, and explains how RTI can address many of the concerns associated with the IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA...

  • Dialogue guide: Two approaches to RTI

    1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

    This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on two approaches to implementing RTI, the problem solving method and the standard treatment protocol approach. A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, explains the two approaches, including the common features and differences between the two RTI models. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA partnership, ask stakeholders to consider the benefits and drawbacks of the two models for their...

  • Dialogue guide: What is RTI?

    1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

    This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on the topic “What is RTI?” A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, describes the key components of RTI, the characteristics of RTI related to early intervening services and the identifying students with learning disabilities. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA partnership, ask about participants’ knowledge of RTI and their views on its implementation, potential benefits, and...

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    Evaluation of the technical evidence of assessments for special student populations

    1/1/07 - Sato, E., Rabinowitz, S., Worth, P., Gallagher, C., Lagunoff, R., Crane, E.

    This evaluation updates and extends the work presented in Technical Adequacy of Assessments for Alternate Student Populations (Rabinowitz & Sato, 2005). This project is ongoing and is intended to inform developers and consumers of assessments for special student populations (ELLs and SWDs). The evaluation focuses on the technical adequacy of evidence related to assessments used to meet relevant Title I and Title III requirements under NCLB. In addition to the report, which includes a...

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    Guidelines for ensuring the technical quality of assessments affecting English language learners and students with disabilities: Development and implementation of regulations

    1/1/07 - Sato, E., Worth, P., Gallagher, C., Lagunoff, R., McKeag, H.

    The Guidelines provide research-based information on key issues relevant to the technical quality of assessments for English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities (SWDs). These guidelines reflect both syntheses of research and best/promising practices and include recommendations of resources for additional information on the technical quality of assessments for ELLs and SWDs. This is an evolving document, and will be updated periodically to incorporate new information and...

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