The Promise of Response to Intervention Evaluating Current Science and Practice

by Glover, Todd A.; Vaughn, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9781606235621
• ISBN10: 1606235621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-25
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This much-needed book analyzes the key components of RTI service delivery and identifies the characteristics of successful implementation.

Author Biography

Todd A. Glover, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor at the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His research focuses on response to intervention (RTI), academic and behavioral interventions and assessments for students at risk, and methods for integrating empirical evidence and practice. Dr. Glover is the principal or co-principal investigator of several ongoing grant projects funded by the United States Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences and the Nebraska Department of Education, including a state RTI consortium, postdoctoral training program, and various research studies investigating service delivery and professional development for RTI.

 

Sharon Vaughn, PhD, is the H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of numerous research grants funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the Texas Education Agency.

Table of Contents

Supporting All Students: The Promise of Response to Intervention	p. 1
Key RTI Service Delivery Components: Considerations for Research-Informed Practice	p. 7
Multi-Tier Service Delivery: Current Status and Future Directions	p. 23
Student Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making	p. 57
Preventing and Remediating Reading Difficulties: Perspectives from Research	p. 78
Research-Based Implications from Extensive Early Reading Interventions	p. 113
Reading Interventions for Older Students	p. 143
RTI in Mathematics: Beginnings of a Knowledge Base	p. 187
RTI in Writing Instruction: Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions and Evaluating the Effects for Individual Students	p. 204
Evidence-Based Interventions within a Multi-Tier Framework for Positive Behavioral Supports	p. 239
Special Education in an RTI Mode: Addressing Unique Learning Needs	p. 267
Developing Systems-Level Capacity for RTI Implementation: Current Efforts and Future Directions	p. 286
Index	p. 311
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