Assessing Intervention Responsiveness: Conceptual and Technical Issues

Author: Fuchs L.S.

Source: Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, Volume 18, Number 3, August 2003 , pp. 172-186(15)

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Abstract:

Implementing an intervention responsiveness approach to the identification of learning disabilities (LD) requires specification of procedures for the assessment process. In this article, the author uses examples in the literature to explore conceptual and technical issues associated with options for specifying three assessment components: the timing of the measurement of student response to intervention; the criterion for demarcating learning as inadequate (below which students are identified as LD); and the nature of the intervention. Then, the author summarizes research contrasting alternative assessment methods within an intervention responsiveness approach to LD identification. Conclusions are drawn, and future related work is described.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-5826.00073

Affiliations: 1: Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Publication date: 2003-08-01