Center on Instruction Special Education and Response to Intervention Strand

Overview

The Special Education and Response to Intervention 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 and Response to Intervention 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 synthesizes, summarizes, and meta-analyzes existing research to create materials to support the 16 regional comprehensive centers' work with state departments of education to ensure that all students receive appropriate instruction.

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 Among 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

Findings (Publications and Presentations)

• Designing and Delivering Intensive Interventions: A Teacher’s Toolkit - Booklet/Guide
• Center on Instruction - Website
• The Promise of RTI for Secondary Schools - Presentation
• Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers: Comprehension Instruction That Works - Presentation
• Response to Intervention: Models, Methods, and Musings - Presentation
• High School Tiered Interventions: How High Schools Are Using Tiered Frameworks - Presentation
• Implementing RTI: Practices and Perspectives of Five Schools - Presentation
• Intensive Interventions for Students Struggling in Reading and Mathematics: A Practice Guide - Booklet/Guide
• Evidence-Based Strategies for Reading Instruction of Older Students With LD or At Risk for LD - Journal Article/Book Chapter