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.

W. David Tilly III of Heartland Area Education Agency in Johnston, Iowa, presented this invited paper during the symposium. For links to other papers and materials, visit the main Symposium 2003 page.


How Many Tiers Are Needed for Successful Prevention and Early Intervention?
Heartland Area Education Agency's Evolution from Four to Three Tiers

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Acknowledgements

The Heartland Early Literacy Project (HELP) is a broad-based initiative across a large number of schools within Heartland Area Education Agency. The results contained in this paper reflect the combined efforts of many Heartland and school district professionals. Pending additional analyses of project data, the results are preliminary. The author wishes to thank Wendy Robinson, Sharon Kurns, Jerry Gruba, Jeff Grimes, Randy Allison, Martin Ikeda and Jim Stumme for their support and counsel in the preparation of this manuscript. Credit for the results reflected in this paper goes to the many educators involved in the HELP project. Responsibility for any mistakes, inaccuracies or limitations in the manuscript is clearly the author's.

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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.