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Center on Instruction
Special Education Strand

Prinicpal Investigator

Greg Roberts, Director

Funding Agency

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

Overview

The Special Education Strand of the Center on Instruction is part of the Comprehensive Center Network funded by the U.S. Department of Education, 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 and math at the elementary and middle school levels, the project will focus on synthesizing, summarizing, and meta-analyzing existing research to create materials for teacher training and professional development and to provide technical support to the 16 Regional Comprehensive Centers to ensure that all students receive appropriate instruction.

Timeline

2005–2010

Selected Publications

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

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

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

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”

Web Site

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