An alternative to the IQ-achievement discrep ancy model for identifying students with learn ing disabilities is response intervention (RTI) model. There a growing literature base in support of RTI model, and within reauthorization IDEA there an allowance approach whereby "may" be used by school psychologists when evaluating special education. The research on expanding but has been little empirical work directed toward understanding as it implemented school-based practitioners. current study...

A brief experimental analysis was used to evaluate the relative effectiveness of combining two consequences (contingent reinforcement or performance feedback) with an antecedent intervention (listening passage preview and repeated readings) on oral reading fluency 6 elementary students. The increased number correctly read words per minute for all For 4 students, pairing either resulted in higher rates over alone. Undifferentiated results were obtained remaining 2 participants. These suggest...

There are relatively few studies that evaluate the quality of progress monitoring estimates derived from curriculum-based measurement reading. Those published provide initial evidence for large magnitudes standard error relative to expected magnitude weekly growth. A major contributor observed is inconsistency passage difficulty within sets. The purpose current study was and estimate across an experimental set referred as Formative Assessment Instrumentation Procedures Reading (FAIP-R) two...

There are relatively few studies that evaluate the quality of progress monitoring estimates derived from curriculum-based measurement reading. Those published provide initial evidence for large magnitudes standard error relative to expected magnitude weekly growth. A major contributor observed is inconsistency passage difficulty within sets. The purpose current study was and estimate across an experimental set referred as Formative Assessment Instrumentation Procedures Reading (FAIP-R) two...

A primary problem with special education placement is that it a solution comes too late for children who are first noticed by their kindergarten teachers as lacking prerequisite skills. It of critical importance these students, whose reading skills low in comparison to peers, be accurately identified through universal screenings and provided intervention. Most screening models suggest the use curriculum-based measurement (CBM). In current study, 77 third grade students were administered four...

Early identification of students in need academic assistance results a greater likelihood success and decrease the that will continual special education services (Jenkins & O'Connor, 2002; Torgesen, 2002). Prevention is often more cost efficient, effective, beneficial to than delayed remediation. This other observations support implementation early screening intervention for prevention problems (President's Commission on Excellence Special Education, Reschly, Tilly, Grimes, 1999). The...

.Despite evidence that the maze is a reliable measure of reading comprehension, existing research suggests potential problems with manner in which probes are developed. Specifically, students may be able to respond accurately large portion target words without having comprehend what they reading. The purpose current study was examine differences student accuracy as function (a) whether sentences were placed context passage and (b) word type (function vs. content). Following administration an...

.Issues related to research on children's eye movements during reading are discussed. Specifically, the following topics addressed: (1) basic methodological issues, (2) prior findings reading, (3) that is missing in literature regarding (4) applied (5) implications for practice, and (6) potential utility of recording when conducting future research. In latter two sections, articles this special issue

Recent advances in area of brief experimental analysis have demonstrated that comparative single case designs can be used to meet criteria for empirically supported treatments. The purpose the present study is provide an overview how design methodology demonstrate effectiveness school-based interventions reading. We examined effects combining skill-based and performance-based reading on oral fluency four elementary-aged students identified with mild problems. A using adapted alternating...

Making efficient transitions from one instructional activity to another has been shown increase academic learning time and therefore student achievement. Because compliance with teacher instructions is a prerequisite for transitions, we sought determine if high‐probability (high‐ p ) instruction sequences issued by classroom would decrease latency comply during transitions. Three children in regular second‐grade participated. Each day at the beginning of morning calendar time, five class as...

Assessment is a common task in education that has many varied purposes. One of these the use assessment data to make decisions about instructional planning. This article presents framework for how plan instruction. It also provides some background on terminology planning, considerations development or measures, and guidance designing

Although extensive research supports repeated readings (RR) as an intervention for improving reading fluency, it largely ignores prosody, which is a key component of fluency. The current study extends the RR literature by examining impact on prosody and whether content directions feedback might what components fluency are improved. Elementary students (N = 76) were randomly assigned to either rate- or prosody-focused intervention. differs from existing in that (a) average opposed struggling...

Extensive evidence exists demonstrating the utility of Curriculum-Based Measurement in reading (R-CBM) for progress-monitoring purposes; however, most studies have evaluated R-CBM from a traditional psychometric perspective, which allows variability individual student's data that is not function increased skills (i.e., measurement error) to be ignored. Although error can ignored when level interest at group level, it difficult ignore individual-child evaluating intervention effectiveness. To...