Program and Services
Learning Disabilities and
Response to Intervention (RTI)
RTI
is a process of determining appropriate support
and interventions to supplement the core curriculum to meet the
needs of all learners. This framework for instruction bases
decisions on benchmark and progress monitoring data to improve
achievement.
State Criteria
for Specific Learning
Disabilities
On December
19, 2007 the Board of Regents
voted to promulgate special
education regulations. As part
of these regulations, the Rhode
Island Department of Education
must establish state criteria
for Specific Learning
Disabilities. The Rhode Island
Board of Regents for Elementary
and Secondary Education Approved
the State Criteria for Specific
Learning Disabilities June 4,
2009.
The new
State Criteria for Specific
Learning Disabilities includes a
timeline which phases in the
requirement to use RTI as part
of the eligibility determination
process beginning September 1,
2010. RTI
is a process of
determining appropriate support
and interventions to supplement
the core curriculum to meet the
needs of all learners. This
framework for instruction bases
decisions on benchmark and
progress monitoring data to
improve achievement.
Interim Guidance Regarding
Service Delivery and Learning Disability Identification
Updated guidance coming fall 2009