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Assessing Intervention Responsiveness: Conceptual and Technical Issues
Author(s) -
Fuchs Lynn S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
learning disabilities research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.018
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1540-5826
pISSN - 0938-8982
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5826.00073
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , identification (biology) , psychology , learning disability , response to intervention , process (computing) , conceptual framework , applied psychology , medical education , mathematics education , management science , computer science , developmental psychology , medicine , engineering , epistemology , philosophy , botany , psychiatry , biology , operating system
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.