The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States

Title:	The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States
Description:	Response to intervention (RTI) can be both a system for providing early interventions to struggling students and a special education diagnostic tool for evaluating and identifying students with specific learning disabilities. Contributing to the very limited literature on state-level approaches, this report describes how nine states define and support RTI at the state level.
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Cover Date:	August 2009
Web Release:	August 3, 2009
Publication #:	REL 2009077
Center/Program:	REL
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	Jenifer J. Harr-Robins, Ph.D., Larisa S. Shambaugh, M.P.P., and Tom Parrish, Ed.D.; American Institutes for Research.
Type of Product:	Issues and Answers Report
Keywords:	Implementation Practices Intervention States • state education agency Students • at-risk Students with Disabilities
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Issues and Answers Report, please contact: Gloria Vera.