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Redefining Learning Disabilities as Inadequate Response to Instruction: The Promise and Potential Problems.
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Vaughn, Sharon; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
In this introductory article, a response-to-instruction approach to learning disabilities (LD) identification is discussed. An overview of the promise and potential pitfalls of such an approach is provided. Benefits include identification of students based on risk rather than deficit and early identification. Questions concern the integrity of the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Helping Teachers Formulate Sound Test Accommodation Decisions for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
A data-based approach is introduced as an alternative way to help teachers formulate decisions about the validity of test accommodations for students with learning disabilities. Three rationales for the approach are provided: an inadequate research base to guide decision-making, student heterogeneity, and problems with teacher's use of subjective…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Responsiveness-to-Intervention: Definitions, Evidence, and Implications for the Learning Disabilities Construct.
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Fuchs, Douglas; Mock, Devery; Morgan, Paul L.; Young, Caresa L. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This article describes the two basic versions of the responsiveness-to-intervention (RTI) approach for identifying learning disabilities, the problem solving model and the standard-protocol approach. It reviews evidence on effectiveness and feasibility and concludes that more needs to be understood before RTI may be viewed as a valid…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Bringing Research-Based Practice in Reading Intervention to Scale.
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Denton, Carolyn A.; Vaughn, Sharon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This article analyzes factors related to bringing research-validated practices to scale to enable implementation of responsiveness-to- intervention models in special education. Key components of effective literacy programs are discussed, along with findings from reading intervention research. The need for professional collaboration among…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Curriculum-based Measurement in the Content Areas: Validity of Vocabulary-Matching as an Indicator of Performance in Social Studies.
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Espin, Christine A.; Busch, Todd W.; Shin, Jongho; Kruschwitz, Ron – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
A study examined the reliability and validity of two curriculum-based measures (CBMs) as indicators of the performance of 58 7th-graders in a content-area classroom. CBM measures were student- and administrator-read vocabulary-matching probes. Results revealed moderate alternate-form reliability for both vocabulary-matching measures. Scores for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7, Learning Disabilities
Problem-Solving Model for Decision Making with High-Incidence Disabilities: The Minneapolis Experience.
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Marston, Doug; Muyskens, Paul; Lau, Matthew; Canter, Andrea – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This article describes the problem-solving model (PSM) used in the Minneapolis Public Schools to guide decisions regarding intervention in general education, special education referral, and evaluation for special education eligibility for high-incidence disabilities. Program evaluation indicates students received special education services earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Responsiveness to General Education Instruction as the First Gate to Learning Disabilities Identification.
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Speece, Deborah L.; Case, Lisa Pericola; Molloy, Dawn Eddy – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
Three studies investigated children's responsiveness to general education reading instruction as an indicator of need for more intensive interventions and found that the response-to-instruction model tested was valid. Results indicated that children at-risk (n=47) who received specially designed general education instruction had better outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Assessing Intervention Responsiveness: Conceptual and Technical Issues.
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Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This article explores conceptual and technical issues associated with options for specifying three assessment components for implementing an intervention responsiveness approach to the identification of learning disabilities: the timing of the measurement of student response to intervention; the criterion for demarcating learning as inadequate;…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification