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.

Kenneth A. Kavale of the University of Iowa presented this invited paper during the symposium. For links to other papers and materials, visit the main Symposium 2003 page.

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Ken Kavale

Kenneth A. Kavale is professor of special education at The University of Iowa where he has served on the faculty since 1985. Previously, he held faculty positions at the Universities of Georgia, Colorado, and California-Riverside. Kavale has published over 200 books, chapters and journal articles, many on the nature and characteristics of learning disability. For the recent LD Summit, he prepared a paper on discrepancy models in the identification of LD. Additionally, he has conducted a number of meta-analyses investigating the efficacy of special education interventions. Kavale has also served as editor-in-chief of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice.

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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.