Instructional Decision-Making Procedures for Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students in Grades K-3

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Purpose

The purpose of this booklet is to provide campus-based administrators and educators with procedures for ensuring appropriate instruction for students struggling with reading, mathematics, and behavior, and for students who are English language learners (ELL). The procedures in this booklet can be used by educators and school teams to identify effective instructional practices and interventions to reduce referrals to special education. Administrators and educators can also use the information gathered from implementing these procedures to document how a student responded to interventions when special education eligiblity is being considered. This information assists the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee ensure that lack of appropriate instruction is not the reason for the determination of a student’s disability.

Educators can critically examine practices long before students are referred to special education to ensure that appropriate instruction is occurring for all children, including struggling students.

Using the procedures in this booklet before students are referred for special education evaluation can reduce the number of referrals to special education due to inadequate early instruction.

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