Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC)
Universities of Kansas (Juniper Gardens Children’s Project), Minnesota,
Ohio State, and Oregon’s, Dynamic Measurement Group
Mission: To reduce the number of children with reading problems by increasing
the number of children entering school with knowledge and skill in early literacy
and language
Why is this important?
- We know that children who read well in the early elementary grades
and more likely to be academically successful and thrive in later life.
- While much is known about early literacy and language and how
to promote their development, for too many children, identification of literacy
and language delays is coming too late—resulting in life-long reading
problems.
- We need evidence-based approaches for early identification and
intervention of literacy and language problems that can be implemented by
early education professionals.
What will CRTIEC do? Through a 5 Year Cooperative Agreement with the National
Center for Special Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences in the
U.S. Department of Education, we will:
- Carry out Research on Interventions for children not making progress
in the general literacy and language curriculum in preschool.
- Carry
out Research on Progress Monitoring Measures linked to literacy and language.
- Disseminate
Findings to practitioners, policymakers and researchers
- Provide National
Leadership on implementation of RtI for young children in literacy and language
Who is CRTIEC?
- Charles Greenwood & Judith Carta (Co-Principal Investigators)
at the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, University of Kansas
- Scott
McConnell at the Center for Early Education and Development, University of
Minnesota
- Howard Goldstein at the Schoenbaum Family Center, The Ohio State
University
- Ruth Kaminski of the Dynamic Measurement Group, Eugene, Oregon
- Division
of Early Childhood of the Council on Exceptional Children who will collaborate
in the planning and evaluation of a National Training Institute on Early
Childhood RtI
- A cadre of 20 nationally recognized consultants and Head
Start and Pre-Kindergarten program partners from 5 states
Visit us at www.crtiec.org
