Resource

The American Institutes for Research and researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas -- through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) -- have established the National Center on response to intervention.

The Center works in four areas:

(a) knowledge production, which involves a Technical Review Committee of experts who will independently evaluate the scientific rigor, conditions for successful implementation, and the cultural and linguistic competence of all identified models (and components);

(b) implementation supports, which involve training and follow-up activities to scale-up RTI and Early Intervening Services (EIS) on a broad scale;

(c) information dissemination, which involves forming communities of practice to improve the likelihood that consumers will adopt RTI models; and

(d) formative evaluation, which involves an assessment of the quality, implementation, impact, and cost effectiveness of the services offered.

To visit the Center's Web site, go to the address listed below.