What are states requiring or recommending for determining rate of improvement?
That question lead me on a multiple-year research project (dissertation) to find the answer!
Below is a list of regulations and guidance documents, if available, for each state. This list was updated with permission from the table in Hauerwas, Brown, & Scott (2013).
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
- Regulations (2016) - under “Requirements in Using MTSS as Part of the SLD Identification Process”
- Guidance (2016) - under “What Is a Comprehensive Evaluation?”
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Regulations
- Guidance
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
- Regulations
- Guidance
NEVADA
- Regulations
- Guidance
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Regulations
- Guidance
NEW JERSEY
- Regulations
- Guidance
NEW MEXICO
- Regulations
- Guidance
NEW YORK
- Regulations
- Guidance
NORTH CAROLINA
- Regulations
- Guidance
NORTH DAKOTA
- Regulations
- Guidance
OHIO
- Regulations
- Guidance
OKLAHOMA
- Regulations
- Guidance
OREGON
- Regulations
- Guidance
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
- Regulations
- Guidance
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Regulations
- Guidance
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regulations
- Guidance
TENNESSEE
- Regulations
- Guidance
TEXAS
- Regulations
- Guidance
UTAH
- Regulations
- Guidance
VERMONT
- Regulations
- Guidance
VIRGINIA
- Regulations
- Guidance
WASHINGTON
- Regulations
- Guidance
WEST VIRGINIA
- Regulations
- Guidance
WISCONSIN
- Regulations
- Guidance
WYOMING
- Regulations
- Guidance
Hauerwas, L. B. (2013). Specific learning disability and response to intervention: State-level guidance. Council for Exceptional Children, 80, 101-120.
