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Article: Promises and cautions regarding using response to intervention with English language learners.
- Article from:
- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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Abstract. This article provides a commentary on issues regarding the use of response to intervention (RTI) with English language learners (ELLs). The commentary draws on current literature on reading instruction, ELLs, RTI, and students with learning disabilities and highlights key points from the articles in this special issue. The discussion includes future directions for research.
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Using a response-to-intervention (RTI) approach to identifying students with learning disabilities has been a welcome shift in policy and practices that have otherwise largely relied on arbitrary discrepancy criteria in determining eligibility for special ...