NRCLD Publications

SLD Determination and Responsiveness to Intervention manuals

Getting Started with SLD Determination: After IDEA Reauthorization (2006)

Responsiveness to Intervention: How to Do It (2006)

Journal Articles

Bradley, R., & Danielson, L. (2004). The Office of Special Education Program's LD initiative: A context for inquiry and consensus. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 186-188.

Compton, D.L., Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L.S., & Bryant, J.D. (2006). Selecting at-risk readers in first grade for early intervention: A two-year longitudinal study of decision rules and procedures. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 394-409.

Deshler, D.D. (2005). Adolescents with learning disabilities: Unique challenges and reasons for hope. Learning Disability Quarterly, 28(2), 122-124.

Deshler, D.D., Mellard, D.F., Tollefson, J.M., & Byrd, S.E. (2005). Research topics in responsiveness to intervention: Introduction to a special series. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(6), 483-484.

Fuchs, D. (2003). On responsiveness-to-intervention as a valid method of LD identification: Some things we need to know. Perspectives, 29(2), 28-31.

Fuchs, D., Deshler, D.D., & Reschly, D.J. (2004). National Research Center on Learning Disabilities: Multimethod Studies of Identification and Classification Issues. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 189-195.

Fuchs, D., & Fuchs, L.S. (2005). Responsiveness-to-intervention: A blueprint for practitioners, policymakers, and parents. Teaching Exceptional Children, 38(1), 57-61.

Fuchs, D., & Fuchs, L.S. (2006). Introduction to responsiveness-to-intervention: What, why, and how valid is it? Reading Research Quarterly, 41, 92-99.

Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L.S., & Compton, D.L. (2004). Identifying reading disabilities by responsiveness to instruction: Specifying measures and criteria. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 216-228.

Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L.S., McMaster, K.L., Yen, L., & Svenson, E. (2004). Non-responders: How to find them? How to help them? What do they mean for special education? Teaching Exceptional Children, 36(6), 72-77.

Fuchs, D., Mock, D., Morgan, P.L., & Young, C.L. (2003). Responsiveness-to-intervention for the learning disabilities construct. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 18(3), 157-171.

Fuchs, L.S. (2003). Assessing treatment responsiveness: Conceptual and technical issues. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 18, 172-186.

Fuchs, L.S., Compton, D.L., Fuchs, D., Paulsen, K., Bryant, J., & Hamlett, C.L. (2005). Responsiveness to intervention: Preventing and identifying mathematics disability. Teaching Exceptional Children, 37(4), 60-63.

Fuchs, L.S., Compton, D.L., Fuchs, D., Paulsen, K., Bryant, J.D., & Hamlett, C.L. (2005). The prevention, identification, and cognitive determinants of math difficulty. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 493-513.

Fuchs, L.S., & Fuchs, D. (2006). Implementing responsiveness-to-intervention to identify learning disabilities. Perspectives, 32(1), 39-43.

Fuchs, L.S., Fuchs, D., & Compton, D.L. (2004). Monitoring early reading development in first grade: Word identification fluency versus nonsense word fluency. Exceptional Children, 71, 7-21.

Fuchs, L.S., Fuchs, D., Hamlett, C.L., Hope, S.K., Hollenbeck, K.N., Capizzi, A.M., Craddock, C.F., & Brothers, R.L. (2006). Extending responsiveness-to-intervention to math problem solving at third grade. Teaching Exceptional Children, 38(4), 59-63.

Fuchs, L.S., Fuchs, D., & Speece, D.L. (2002). Treatment validity as a unifying construct for identifying learning disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 25, 33-45.

Fuchs, L.S., & Vaughn, S.R. (2005). Response to intervention as a framework for the identification of learning disabilities. Trainers of School Psychologists Forum, 25(1), 12-19.

McMaster, K.N., Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L.S., & Compton, D.L. (2005). Responding to nonresponders: An experimental field trial of identification and intervention methods. Exceptional Children, 71, 445-463.

Mellard, D.F., Byrd, S.E., Johnson, E., Tollefson, J.M., & Boesche, L. (2004). Foundations and research on identifying model responsiveness-to-intervention sites. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 243-256.

Mellard, D.F., Deshler, D.D., & Barth, A. (2004). LD identification: It's not simply a matter of building a better mousetrap. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 229-242.

Reschly, D.J., & Hosp, J.L. (2004). State SLD identification policies and practices. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(4), 197-213.

Sideridis, G.D., Morgan, P.L., Bostas, G., Padeliadu, S., & Fuchs, D. (2006). Identifying students with or at risk for learning disabilities based on motivation, metacognition, and psychopathology: A ROC analysis. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(3), 215-229.

Vaughn, S., & Fuchs, L.S. (2003). Redefining learning disabilities as inadequate response to instruction: The promise and potential problems. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 18(3), 137-146.

Research Reports

And Miles to Go...: State SLD Requirements and Authoritative Recommendations

NRCLD Papers

Understanding Responsiveness to Intervention in Learning Disabilities Determination

Executive Summary of NRCLD Responsiveness to Intervention Symposium

SLD Eligibility: A Users' Guide to the New Regulations (2006) (pdf)

Information Digests

Presidential Commission on Excellence in Special Education Report: "A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and Their Families"

Finding Common Ground: Consensus Statements

Researcher Consensus Statement

The Creation of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities: Part of OSEP Plan to Address Identification and Assessment