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.
Deborah L. Speece of University of Maryland, presented this invited paper during the symposium. For links to other papers and materials, visit the main Symposium 2003 page.
Hitting the Moving Target Known as Reading Development: Some Thoughts on Screening First Grade Children for Secondary Interventions
Deborah L. Speece
University of Maryland
Paper prepared for the Symposium on Responsiveness to Intervention
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
Kansas City, Missouri
December 4-5, 2003
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Description of Study
- Sample
- Screening Groups
- Criterion Variables
- Results
- Table 1: Effect Sizes for Reading Variables Comparing At-Risk and Not-At-Risk Children Defined by Screening Criteria
- Classification Analysis
- Table 2: Diagnostic Utility Indexes for Screening and Diagnostic Groups and Percentage of Reading Disabled Children in Each Diagnostic Group
- Discussion
- 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. |
