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Dissertation
Response To Intervention
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2010
Abstract
State directors and members of the special education community have expressed increasing concern about the rapid rise in the number of students identified as learning disabled. This issue has arisen because all too often, an increasing number of children have been identified as learning disabled and referred for special education services as a result of the discrepancy model used as a means of identifying children with learning difficulties (National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2007). At the 2001 Learning Disabilities Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Response to Intervention (RtI) approach was endorsed as a way to identify students in need of additional interventions and supports and to reduce the number of students referred to special education services. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA, 2004) intersects with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and these two pieces of legislation set the stage for the RtI approach to special education eligibility and school improvement (Cummings, Atkins, Allison, & Cole, 2008). This dissertation demonstrates how the Okaloosa County School District (OCSD) schools that have implemented an RtI reading comprehension methodology called the Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) affect reductions in student referrals to special education services throughout the school district. This RtI approach is being explored for its usefulness as a systematic way to ensure that students experiencing educational difficulties receive timely, effective support and that students with learning disabilities (LD) are identified earlier (Gresham, 2002; Learning Disabilities Roundtable, 2002, 2005; National Research Council, 2002; President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, 2002).
Details
- Title
- Response To Intervention
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Laura D. Tissington (Committee Member)David L. Stout (Committee Chair)William H Evans (Committee Chair) - University of West Florida, School of Education
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 98
- Copyright
- © 2010 Raul Rudolph Meza
- Identifiers
- 99380090744806600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida