ERIC Number: ED672380
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 49
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Effects of Response to Intervention on Disability Identification and Achievement. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-1010
Nicholas Ainsworth; Christopher Cleveland; Andrew Penner
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Currently 15 percent of U.S. students receive special education services, a widespread intensive intervention with variable effects on students. Spurred by changes in federal policy, many states and districts have begun adopting the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach to identifying students to receive special education services. RTI seeks to provide a system for targeting interventions to children facing early academic challenges and identifying children with specific learning disabilities (SLD). This paper uses a difference-in-differences design to examine the effects of RTI adoption across Oregon on elementary students' disability identification and state-standardized achievement test scores. RTI adoption reduced special education identification by 1.4 percentage points (11%) and SLD identification by 0.5 percentage points (15%). RTI also caused moderately large reading test score gains for Black students (0.15 SD) and did not reduce other students' achievement. These findings suggest RTI is a promising approach to supporting struggling students.
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Disability Identification, Special Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Standardized Tests, Scores, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests, Reading Tests, Discipline
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Related Records: ED663424
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (ED/OSERS); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Oregon
Grant or Contract Numbers: H325D190031; R01HD094007
Department of Education Funded: Yes
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