David Klingbeil

One approach to increasing student engagement and achievement is through the reduction of student disruptive behavior and positive reinforcement of behaviors that support academic success. Under the framework of School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (SWPBIS), schools use behavior analysis and positive reinforcement in a tiered system that increases in intensity for students who do not respond to the previous tier. Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) uses a three-tiered system in...

In this project, the research team will examine the extent to which students' pre-intervention literacy skills and their engagement during Tier 1 literacy instruction predict their (a) text reading fluency during a Tier 2 reading intervention and (b) text reading fluency after successfully exiting the Tier 2 intervention. Little attention has been paid to students' maintenance of reading intervention effects generally, particularly for students who are initially successful but identified as ...

Single-Case Experiment Designs (SCEDs) are a flexible methodology in which applied education researchers and practitioners can evaluate the effectiveness of academic interventions with students that have severe learning needs. Replication of functional relations within and across participants, and across studies is necessary to establish evidence-based practices using SCEDs. However, research regarding how outcomes from SCEDs should be summarized within and across studies to identify evidenc...