IDEA 2004
Part B
View information on a variety of topics and related issues regarding the implementation of NCLB, IDEA and other legislation from federal sources, including vetted documents from the U.S. Department of Education, and resource documents from IDEA Partnership organizations.
Federal Sources
U.S. Department of Education
President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education (PCESE) – Final
Report
What Works Clearinghouse
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do
Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement
Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom
Dropout Prevention
Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices
Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools
Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science
Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
General IDEA Guidance from OSEP
OSEP’s Legislation and Policy Guidance
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) IDEA 2004 Website:
Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
This site is a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006.
Topic Briefs:
Module 5: Disproportionality and Overrepresentation - scroll down
Video Clip:
Early Intervening Services/Response To Intervention (RTI)
Questions & Answers:
Questions and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
OSEP Memorandum 07-09 to State Directors of Special Education
April 24, 2007
Topic: Disproportionality
Letter clarifying the requirements governing overidentification and disproportionality under section 612(a)(24) of IDEA and the requirements governing significant disproportionality under section 618(d) of IDEA.
Data Accountability Center (DAC)
Methods for Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education: A Technical Assistance Guide
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD)
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI): How to Do It
Responsiveness to Intervention School-Based Practices
National SEA Conference on SLD Determination: Integrating RTI within the SLD Determination Process
Responsiveness-to-Intervention Symposium
Changing Roles Resources:
A Research-Based View of Specific Learning Disabilities: Implementing Change
Professional development and collaboration within the RTI process
The Scaling of Innovations: Factors to Consider Beyond Professional Development
Effective Behavior & Instructional Support (Combined PBS, EIS, RTI)
Introduction to Responsiveness to Intervention: How to Do It
Responsiveness to Intervention
Parents: How Can Early Intervening Services and Responsiveness to Intervention Work Together?
Parents: Who is the Student with Specific Learning Disability?
Parents: What is Progress Monitoring?
Parents: What is Responsiveness to Intervention?
SLD Eligibility: A Users' Guide to the New Regulations
Learning Disabilities Resource Kit: Specific Learning Disabilities Determination Procedures and Responsiveness to Intervention
Section on Tiered service delivery
Section on Progress monitoring
National Center on Response to Intervention
RTI State Database
The State Database provides resources on a number of topics related to response to intervention (RTI). The resources, which range from policy documents and briefs to trainings and tools, were developed by states, districts, or territories, in the U.S. who are in different stages of implementing Response to Intervention.
The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement at Vanderbilt University
Modules
What Do You See? : Perceptions of Disability
Cultural and Linguistic Differences: What Teachers Should Know
Teaching and Learning in New Mexico: Considerations for Diverse Student Populations
RTI (Part 1): Overview
RTI (Part 2): Assessment
RTI (Part 3): Reading Instruction
Classroom Assessment (Part 1): An Introduction to Monitoring Academic Achievement in the Classroom
Classroom Assessment (Part 2*): Evaluating Reading Progress
Info Briefs
Communicating with Culturally Diverse Parents of Exceptional Children
Practices for English-Language Learners: An Overview of Instructional Practices
Racial Disproportionality in School Disciplinary Practices
A Parent's Guide to Response-to-Intervention
Helping Educators Discuss Responsiveness to Intervention with Parents and Students
Parent Page: What is Responsiveness to Intervention?
Case Studies:
RTI: Data-Based Decision Making
The Partnership Collection on RTI
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Response To Intervention (RTI)
Project FORUM at NASDSE
Response to Intervention as it Relates to Early Intervening Services: Recommendations
Response to Intervention and Early Intervening Services Policy Forum Presentation
Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS): Policy Forum
State Definitions of Significant Disproportionality
English Language Learners with Disabilities: Identification and Other State Policies and Issue
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt)
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practice
Culturally Responsive Response To Intervention
Collection and Use of Evidence
Creating Opportunities to Learn: A Forum for Addressing Disproportionality
Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education: Measuring the Problem
Preventing Disproportionate Representation: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Prereferral Interventions
Cultural Identity and Teaching
Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
Practitioner Brief : Haciendo frente a la sobrerepresentación de los estudiantes de origen cultural y lingüístico diverso en la educación especial: Pautas para los padres. It is also available in English:
Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents.
Theoretical Assumptions for Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education
Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education: Measuring the Problem
Racial Disproportionality in School Disciplinary Practices
Becoming Culturally Responsive Educators: Rethinking Teacher Education Pedagogy
Addressing Diversity in Schools: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction
Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents
Legal Rights: The Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education
National Center on Instruction
Center on Instruction Brochure.
RTI Tiered Instruction Goes Mainstream [K-12]
Secondary Applications of RTI: A Guided Discussion [6-12]
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Addressing diversity
Indicator 9: Disproportionate Representation in Special Education that is the Result of Inappropriate Identification
Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services that is the result of inappropriate identification.
Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in specific disability categories that is the result of inappropriate identification.
Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC)
Achievement Gaps, Diversity, and Disproportionality
IDEA Partnership OrganizationsCouncil for Exceptional Children
CEC Makes Disproportionate Representation a High Priority
National Education Association
Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education
Seven Questions Every Parent Should Ask about Disproportionality
American Association of School Administrators
Education Commission of the States
Closing the Achievement Gap Series: Part II Response to Intervention (RTI) Basic Elements, Practical Applications, and Policy Recommendations
National Association of School Psychologists
Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents
Response to Intervention – resource page
Conceptual Confusion Within Response-to-Intervention Vernacular: Clarifying Meaningful Differences
Evaluating Evidence-Based Practice in Response-to-Intervention Systems
Implementing RTI: Assessment Practices and Response to Intervention
National Education Association
Research Spotlight on Response to Intervention
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
Roadmap to Pre-K RTI: Applying Response to Intervention in Preschool Settings
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Response to Intervention: Position Paper of the Learning Disabilities Association of America
Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities
A Parent's Guide to Response-to-Intervention (RTI)
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
Note: NASDSE has additional RTI documents available for purchase. Go to publications page and search on “Response to Intervention”.
National Implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI): Research Summary
Response to Intervention: Research for Practice
Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: District Level
Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: School Building Level