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Article Excerpt
Recent changes in federal law have led to a rush for establishing response-to-intervention (RTI) models in schools. Public Law 108-466, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), includes a provision that sets the stage for widespread changes in the process for identifying students with learning disabilities. According to IDEA 2004, states must allow local education agencies (LEAs) to use RTI procedures for (a) determining if a child has a specific learning disability, (b) determining eligibility to receive special education, and (c) as a process of examining the child's responsiveness to "scientific, research-based intervention" ([section] 300.307 (a) (2). If LEAs choose to use RTI procedures, federal regulations provide specific guidance for the process. Thus, Section 300.311 (a) (7) states that RTI procedures must include documentation of "the instructional strategies used and the student-centered data collected."
Because the majority of students with learning disabilities have reading-related disorders, two reading-related issues arise in implementing RTI,...
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