Center on instruction —
special education strand

Contact Info

Christy Murray,
Deputy Director
Phone: (866) 774-2262

Principal Investigator

Greg Roberts, Director

Funding Agency

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education Programs

Overview

The Special Education Strand of the Center on Instruction is part of the Comprehensive Center Network co-funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education Programs. The purpose of the Special Education Strand is to build the national knowledge base in areas related to effective and efficient delivery of instructional services to students with disabilities. With a particular emphasis on literacy, mathematics, and response to intervention in kindergarten through grade 12, the project focuses on synthesizing, summarizing, and meta-analyzing existing research to create materials to support the 16 regional comprehensive centers in their work with state departments of education to ensure that all students receive appropriate instruction.

Timeline

2005 to September 30, 2012

Selected Publications

Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document From the Center on Instruction

Conversations With Practitioners: Current Practice in Statewide RTI Implementation—Recommendations and Frequently Asked Questions

Conversations with Practitioners: Supporting State-Level Collaboration Between General and Special Educators

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers—Second Edition (Meta-Analysis, Practice Brief, and Professional Development Module)

Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K–3: From Research to Practice

Implementing Response to Intervention: Practices and Perspectives From Five Schools—Frequently Asked Questions

RTI CTRL: Response to Intervention Classification Tool and Resource Locator

Synopsis of “Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With Learning Disabilities: A Research Synthesis”

Synopsis of “The Power of Feedback”

Synopsis of “A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Teaching Mathematics to Low-Achieving Students”

Synopsis of “The Use of Reading and Behavior Screening Measures to Predict Nonresponse to School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Longitudinal Analysis”

Synopsis of “Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle & High Schools”

Tiered Interventions in High Schools: Using Preliminary Lessons Learned to Guide Ongoing Discussion

Website

All Center on Instruction products, including those produced by the Special Education Strand, can be found on the Center on Instruction website.