How does the Child Study Team determine the existence of a specific learning disability when using the RtI model?
The Child Study Team must determine that the student demonstrates a significantly low rate of achievement relative to the student's age and ability levels in at least one of the following areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, or mathematics reasoning. The team must also document that despite the implementation of data-based, research-supported interventions the student’s academic achievement continues to progress at a rate that is below the learning rate of students of a similar age and/or grade level, or that the data-based, research-supported interventions necessary for the student to progress at a rate comparable to students of a similar age and/or grade level are equivalent to the services provided to students receiving special education services.
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26th of February, 2010