Identifying School-Based Supports for Students with or At-Risk for Dyslexia

This toolkit provides information about how all schools can systematically use data to help all students get appropriate reading supports through general and special education.

You will learn

  • An overview of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Reading, or MTSS-R
  • How an MTSS-R approach can identify timely and appropriate reading instructional supports for all students
  • How Response to Intervention can be used within MTSS-R to help school teams identify students who need special education services

Online Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn about how to establish a strong school system that uses data and high-quality instruction and intervention to help every student get access to reading supports that are “just right” for them.

Tutorial: Identifying School-Based Supports for Students with or At-Risk for Dyslexia

In this tutorial, you will learn about how to establish a strong school system that uses data and high-quality instruction and intervention to help every student get access to reading supports that are “just right” for them.

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Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Reading

Explore these resources to learn more about Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Reading.

Improving Student Reading Outcomes: A Guide to Implementing and Evaluating MTSS-R

This video overviews the basic elements of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Reading (MTSS-R), how MTSS-R can improve student reading outcomes, the key steps that are needed to set-up and use MTSS-R effectively, and how to collect and summarize student and implementation data to evaluate your MTSS-R using the MTSS-R Checklist.

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Identifying Reading Supports

Check out this collection of resources to build your knowledge about identifying timely and appropriate reading supports for students.

Evaluation Rights: What You Need to Know

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This article helps parents understand their legal rights during the evaluation process, to help ensure you get the services your child needs.

Getting Ready to Implement Intensive Intervention: Infrastructure for Data-Based Individualization

National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII)

The purpose of this module is to introduce schools interested in implementing intensive intervention to the infrastructure needed to implement data-based individualization (DBI).

What is Data-Based Individualization?

National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII)

This article describes data-based individualization, a research-based process for individualizing and intensifying interventions through the systematic use of assessment data, validated interventions, and research-based adaptation strategies.

Intensive Intervention (Part 2): Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization

Iris Center

This module, the second in a series, offers information on making data-based instructional decisions. Specifically, the resource discusses collecting and analyzing progress monitoring and diagnostic assessment data. This resource is designed for individuals who will be implementing intensive interventions (e.g., special education teachers, reading specialists, interventionists) (est. completion time: 3 hours).

Helping English Learners Succeed with a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)

Colorín Colorado

This article provides an introduction to the Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework and what MTSS means for English language learners (ELLs).

The Difference Between IEPs and 504 Plans

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Both Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and 504 plans can offer formal help for students who are struggling in school. They are similar in some ways but very different in others. This chart compares them side by side to help you understand the differences.