Project II — Early Intervention

Co- Principal Investigators

Dr. Jack M. Fletcher, University of Houston

Dr. Carolyn Denton, Children’s Learning Instutute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Additional Investigators

Dr. Sharon Vaughn, The University of Texas at Austin

Description of the Project

Project II (Early Intervention) focuses on the instructional aspects of RTI, specifically on the effect of moderately intense levels of instructional intervention on student reading achievement. Two cohorts of students will participate in first grade and will be followed through grade 2 or 3. Students identified as at risk for reading problems will receive increasingly intense levels of reading instruction as a means of preventing the development of later reading difficulties. Their progress will be regularly monitored, and their reading outcomes will be compared to those of students not identified as being at risk.

More information about this project is coming soon.

Population/Participants

Follows two cohorts of students with reading difficulties from first to third grade.

Sites

Elementary schools in Del Valle and Houston, Texas.

Timeline

2007–2011

Findings/Publications

Research to begin in fall 2007.