Resources
Research Grants Funded by the National Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Response to Intervention
Title: Precision in Response to Intervention Models: Variations of Measurement, Instruction, Student Language, and Age
Goal: Development
Institution: The University of California, Riverside
Principal Investigator: Rollanda O'Connor
Title: Validating a Response to Intervention Multi-tiered Model for Primary Grade Students with Mathematics Difficulties
Goal: Development
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: Diane Bryant
Reading , Writing, and Language Development
Title: Response-To-Intervention as an Approach to Preventing and Identifying Learning Disabilities in Reading
Goal: Measurement
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigator: Donald Compton
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/reading/fy06_vanderbilt_abstract.asp
Title: Maximizing Literacy Learning among Children with Mild to Moderate Mental Retardation: Project Maximize
Goal: Development
Institution: Southern Methodist University
Principal Investigator: Patricia Mathes
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/reading/fy06_smu_abstract.asp
Title: Multiple-Component Remediation for Struggling Middle School Readers
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Institution: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Robin Morris
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/reading/fy06_georgia_morris_abstract.asp
Title: Evaluating the effectiveness of reading interventions for students with mild MR
Goal: Development
Institution: Georgia State University
Principal Investigator: Rose Sevcik
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/reading/fy06_georgia_sevcik_abstract.asp
Title: RAISE: Reading Accommodations and Interventions for Students with Emergent Literacy
Goal: Development
Institution: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Principal Investigator: Diane Browder
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/reading/fy06_unc_abstract.asp
Serious Behavior Disorders
Title: Testing the Impact of PBIS Plus
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator: Philip Leaf
Title: Evidence-Based Interventions for Severe Behavior Problems: Check, Connect, and Expect (CC&E)
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Institution: University of Washington
Principal Investigator: Douglas Cheney
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/unsolicited/fy04_washington_abstract.asp
Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, and Assessment
Title: Project Early Reading Intervention
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Institution: Texas A and M Research Foundation
Principal Investigator: Deborah Simmons
More information: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/early_intervention/fy06_texas_abstract.asp
Title: The Infancy to Preschool Early Literacy Connection: Validation Studies of the Early Communication (ECI) Indicator of Growth and Development
Goal: Measurement
Institution: University of Kansas
Principal Investigator: Charles Greenwood
Title: Examining the Potential Efficacy of a Classroom Wide Model for Promoting Social Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior in Preschool Children With and Without Disabilities
Goal: Development
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigator: Mary Louise Hemmeter
Title: Developing and Testing an Empirically-based Preschool Language and Literacy Curriculum for Children At-Risk for Reading Disabilities Using a Components Analysis
Goal: Development
Institution: Oregon Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Barbara Gunn
Title: Individual Growth and Development Indicator (IGDI) Comprehensive Assessment Project
Goal: Measurement
Institution: Iowa State University
Principal Investigator: Gayle Luze
Mathematics
Title: Improving Mathematics Performance of At Risk Students and Students with Learning Disabilities in Urban Middle Schools (MSM Project)
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Institution: University of Miami
Principal Investigator: Marjorie Montague