Accelerating Chronically Unresponsive Children to Tier 3 Instruction: What Level of Data Is Necessary to Ensure Selection Accuracy?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-216

  Compton, Donald L ^a   Gilbert, Jennifer K ^a   Jenkins, Joseph R ^b   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Cho, Eunsoo ^a   Barquero, Laura A ^a   Bouton, Bobette ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

prediction; reading; reading disability; response t.i.tervention; screening; Tier 3; unresponsive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; TEACHING;

EID: 84860179648     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219412442151     Document Type: Article

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