Response To Intervention: Special Education Research
IES is currently accepting applications for this research program. For your convenience, you may download either the full FY2008 Education Research RFA, or just the material that is specific to this research topic.
Download the Response To Intervention specific 84.324 Education Research RFA
Download, view, & print as a PDF (438 KB)
Download, view, & print in MS Word (298 KB)
Download the full 84.324 Special Education Research RFA
Download, view, & print as a PDF (540 KB)
Download, view, & print in MS Word (397 KB)
Note: FY 2008 applicants that include subawards for work conducted at collaborating institutions should use this template to provide subaward budget information.
Download, view & print the form as an Excel file (164 KB).
Description of Research Program
The purpose of the Response to Intervention (RTI) Research Grants Program is to support research that contributes to the improvement of instruction for students with disabilities and to the prevention of inappropriate identification of specific learning disabilities by: (1) identifying RTI practices, programs, or systems that are potentially effective for improving instruction for students with disabilities and preventing the inappropriate identification of students with specific learning disabilities, as well as mediators and moderators of the effects of these practices, programs, or systems; (2) developing RTI practices, programs, or systems for improving instruction for students with disabilities and preventing the inappropriate identification of students with specific learning disabilities; (3) determining the efficacy of RTI practices, programs, or systems designed to improve instruction for students with disabilities and prevent the inappropriate identification of students with specific learning disabilities through efficacy or replication trials; (4) providing evidence on the effectiveness of RTI practices, programs, or systems designed to improve instruction for students with disabilities and prevent the inappropriate identification of students with specific learning disabilities when implemented at scale; and (5) developing and validating RTI assessment tools and procedures that can be used to evaluate instruction, measure student initial and ongoing performance and progress, and accurately identify students eligible for special education. Proposed practices, programs, and systems may involve students from preschool (ages 3-5) through high school. The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of RTI practices, programs, and systems that have been documented to improve instruction for students with disabilities and to prevent the inappropriate identification of students with specific learning disabilities.
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