Web Resources
Resources have been organized by the following topics; Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Assessment and Intervention
Response to Intervention
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt) provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. Included at this site is their position paper on Cultural Considerations and Challenges within an RTI model.
The National Association of Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) includes information about accessing the following document Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation.
The International Reading Association includes IRA's discussion of RTI and an RTI Resource Library.
The Council of Exceptional Children contains information regarding RTI. Specific RTI information can be found under learning disabilities as well as information about IDEA 2004 and CECs analysis of the law.
The office of special population has developed a tool kit that includes information about teaching and assessing students with disabilities.
North East Regional Resource Center provides information about a variety of national and state initiatives that are related to RTI.
Heartland, Iowas manual (chapters 4 through 10) provides information about their problem-solving process, assessment and intervention and special education eligibility and re-evaluation. Forms and guidance can be found within the materials.
Flexible Service Delivery model used in Illinois incorporates problem-solving and response to intervention.
Tualatin,Oregons' Effective Behavior and Instructional Support project
Syracuse, NY manual and forms for school-based intervention team.
University California, Riverside partnership for student-based decision making.
Learning Disabilities
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities has a lot of information on Identification of Learning Disabilities research and policy. Information from the Responsiveness-to-Intervention Symposium and Research regarding Model RTI sites is included.
National Center on Learning Disabilities is designed to provide current information on the field for parents, educators and individuals with learning disabilities.
National Association of School Psychologists has the following articles of interest; Response to Instruction: A guide for school teams and Alternative Three-Tiered Model Integrates Biological and Instructional Research Research-Supported Assessment-Intervention Links for Reading and Writing.
Assessment
National Progress Monitoring Technical assistance and Dissemination Center is dedicated to the implementation of scientifically-based student progress monitoring. The center and site are sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). They offer a web library and a review of progress monitoring tools.
AIMSweb is a formative assessment system that "informs" the teaching and learning process by providing continuous student performance data and reporting improvement to parents, teachers, and administrators to enable evidence-based evaluation and data-driven instruction. AIMSweb includes Curriculum-Based Measures in the areas of early literacy, reading, math and writing for grades K-8.
The Texas Primary Reading Inventory includes a quick Screening section works and a more detailed Inventory Section to help teachers identify strengths and problem areas as well as monitor progress for students in Kindergarten through Grade 3.
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) is a set of standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of pre-reading and early reading skills.
Monitoring Basic Skills Progress is the Curriculum-based measure and computer program developed by Fuchs, Hamlett and Fuchs. It assesses reading, math computation and math concepts and applications.
Interventions
Intervention Central offers free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning for all children and youth. The site was created by Jim Wright, a school psychologist from Central New York. Visit to check out the CBM warehouse, newly posted academic and behavioral intervention strategies, publications on effective teaching practices, and use tools that streamline classroom assessment and intervention.
Meta-analysis of Effective Interventions contains research data on the effectiveness of a variety of intervention approaches.
Center on Instruction provides information, exemplars and presentations regarding scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning.
The Florida Reading Research Center provides reviews of a variety of instructional and intervention programs for reading.
The Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts researchers are actively involved in research on scaling-up the 3 tiered model of literacy instruction. Specific information on reading strategies for secondary students and for math instruction is also available.
Beginning Reading is hosted by the University of Oregon that provides general information about a school-wide model of early literacy development and instruction.
Reading Rockets is designed for parents and teachers that includes multiple strategies to help struggling readers learn to read. An informative monthly e-newsletter is available.
The Consortium on Reading Excellence contains information about evidence-based reading interventions for both elementary and secondary students available.
What Works Clearinghouse is a clearinghouse of information about effective interventions. Recent report evaluates middle school math instruction.
The Access Center provides information on math interventions, reading and writing interventions, and universal design.
SchwabLearning.org offers a 2-part article on Math Disability (Part 1 and Part 2).
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities provides a meta-analysis of research on Math problem solving for students who are struggling.
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support is the official website for national technical assistance on positive behavior interventions and support.
RITAP's Social, Emotional & Behavioral Learning (SEBL) project site provides information on the RI positive behavior interventions and support project.
