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 Understanding Responsiveness to Intervention in Learning Disabilities Determination by Daryl Mellard (MPRRC, 2004).
Learn about Response to Intervention (RtI), a framework that schools can use to identify students with learning disabilities and prevent academic failure. |
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Diagnosing Dyslexia in the School-Age Child by Sally Shaywitz (Overcoming Dyslexia, 2003).
Follow the steps for the evaluation process to diagnose dyslexia. |
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Grading Students With Disabilities by Dennis D. Munk and William D. Bursuck (Educational Leadership, 2003).
Examine what research reveals about improving the accuracy, fairness, and meaningfulness of grading students with disabilities. |
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“Core Concepts of RtI” by Joseph Witt.
Review this Response to Intervention (RtI) presentation to find out how the right kind of instruction can increase student achievement. |
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International Dyslexia Association Access research, resources, and public policy information related to dyslexia, and learn how you can help your students. |
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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Learn about and access measures to assess important early literacy skills. |
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Characteristics of Dyslexia Use these lists to help recognize characteristics of dyslexia in students of all ages. |
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Components of Testing to Assess Dyslexia Find out what to test and what to look for when assessing students for dyslexia. |
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Assessments for Reading Difficulties Refer to these charts to find tests for assessing specific reading skills. |
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Phoneme Segmentation Test Use this Grades 2 to 8 measure to assess students’ ability to break a word into its sounds. |
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Phonics Survey Administer this phonics assessment, and use the results to plan instruction and form instructional groups. |
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Nonsense Word Test Assess students’ knowledge of sound-spelling relationships by their ability to read nonsense words. |
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Assessing Oral Reading Fluency Follow this detailed step-by-step sequence for conducting an Oral Fluency Assessment. |
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What I Like to Read Motivate students in Grades K to 2 by matching them to books based on their answers to this reading interest survey. |
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My Reading Interests Use the information from this inventory to match your students in Grades 3 to 5 to appropriate books. |
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Reading Interest Survey Identify your middle and high school students’ reading interests so that you can help them locate books for independent reading. |
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