English Language Learners and RTI

Claudia is the Endowed Joan Wieler Arno 49 Professor at…

Dear Readers,

Mary Anne Zehr a columnist at Education Week has just reviewed a brief that describes Response to Intervention for ELLs. Click here to link to the page and access the document http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2009/09/resource_research_briefs_on_tw.html.

Brief by Jana Echavarria at The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English-Language Learners, or CREATE.

Other resources:
Rinaldi & Samson, English Language Learners and Response to Intervention, Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol 40 (5), 6-14.
(includes a case study)

A Framework for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Design of Response-to-Intervention Models. Multiple Voices, 11(1), 24-41.

Claudia Rinaldi, Ph.D.

Claudia is the Endowed Joan Wieler Arno 49 Professor at Lasell University. She is currently a full professor of education and chair of the Education Program. Claudia has been a teacher, researcher, consultant, and professor of special education.

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Colorin Colorado- Assessment of ELLs