Responsiveness-to-Intervention Symposium
December 4-5, 2003 * Kansas City, Missouri
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities sponsored this two-day symposium focusing on responsiveness-to-intervention (RTI) issues. The speakers, discussants, and participants assembled represented the wide diversity of individuals with a vested interest in LD determination issues. Advocates, instructional staff, researchers, and state-level education officials brought their collective and considerable expertise to the discussions.
Joseph Jenkins of the University of Washington presented this invited paper during the symposium. For links to other papers and materials, visit the main Symposium 2003 page.
Candidate Measures for Screening At-Risk Students
Joseph R. Jenkins
University of Washington
Paper presented at the Conference on "Response to Treatment as
Learning Disabilities Identification"
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD)
Kansas City, MO
December 4-5, 2003
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Screening in the Context of a Responsive Intervention Model
- Attributes of an Ideal Screening Mechanism
- Highlights and Important Distinctions from Research on Screening
- Grade-Specific vs. Multi-Grade Screening Systems
- Satisfactory Reading Ability - How is the Criterion Defined?
- What Criterion Measure?
- At-Risk and For What - Unsatisfactory or Very unsatisfactory Reading Outcomes?
- How at Risk?
- Table 1: Percent of Students Placed in Risk Categories from DIBELS and CBM-ORF
- Measurement Content of Screening Tests
- Combined Measures Beat Single Measure
- Validity - Types of Evidence
- Cut Points and Cross-Validation
- Measures that Hold Promise for Screening
- Early and Mid-Kindergarten Screening Measures
- Table 2: Early and Mid-Kindergarten Screens
- End of Kindergarten Screening Measures
- Table 3: Late Kindergarten
- Beginning First Grade Screens
- Table 4: Early First Grade
- End of First Grade and Beginning of Second Grade Screening
- Table 5: Late Grade 1 & Early Grade 2
- Beyond Grade 2
- Table 6: CBM-ORF and MAZE
- Conclusion
- References
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The symposium was made possible by the support of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs. Renee Bradley, Project Officer. Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education. |
