The impact of reforms and interventions on K-12 education /

The impact of reforms and interventions on K-12 education /

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This book is designed to address the state of twenty-first century education practices pertaining to all students who enter a school classroom. Thus, this book will discuss a variety of topics that deal with special-education law, theoretical perspectives on scientific-based interventions, progress...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burney, DeAnna McKinnie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.
Series:Educational psychology collection.
Subjects:
Special education.
Education and state.
Educational change.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The modern K-12 education system
  • Introduction
  • Elements of successful learning environments
  • Legislative acts
  • Response to intervention
  • Linking assessment and intervention to student improvement
  • 2. Education laws
  • Overview
  • Overview educational law
  • The historical progression of tax-funded educational programs
  • Structure: general education
  • Progressing through the mainstream educational system
  • U.S. education legislation
  • Current provision of IDEIA 2004
  • Least restrictive environment
  • IEP process
  • Qualifications for 504 services
  • Appropriate accommodation defined
  • Retaining 504 services
  • 3. The theories behind current educational interventions
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical perspectives of learning
  • Behavior modification
  • Behavior modification techniques
  • Contingencies
  • Assessment
  • Education and behavioral change
  • Academic and behavior interventions defined
  • Behavior-improvement plan explained
  • Integrating academic and behavior supports within an RtI frameworK.
  • Effective and reliable integration assessment
  • Teaching strategies
  • Moving up the triangle
  • 4. Reactions and roadblocks to intervention models
  • Purpose of response to intervention (RtI)
  • Response to intervention defined
  • Empirical validated interventions
  • Relationship between IDEA and RtI
  • Implementation of RtI in schools
  • Progress monitoring and tiered service delivery
  • Assessment of responsiveness
  • Fidelity of implementation
  • Strategies of implementing the three intervention tiers
  • Roles and responsibilities of RtI
  • Using RtI to improve student social and academic behavior?
  • Response to intervention outcomes
  • 5. Progress measurement and assessment of schools and students
  • Introduction
  • Progress monitoring defined
  • Purpose of assessment monitoring plan and data collection
  • Response to intervention
  • Research outcomes for formative assessment practices
  • Developing a progressing monitoring plan
  • Using progress outcome monitoring data
  • Guidelines for evaluating the assessment, monitoring the plan
  • Alignment of data outcomes with curriculum and instruction
  • Improving teacher instructional strategies
  • Progress monitoring assessment
  • Curriculum-based assessment
  • Fidelity of implementation
  • Research-based interventions
  • Research-based interventions and eligibility for special education
  • Data-based decision making
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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