Within 60 school days of receipt of signed written parental consent, the ARC must meet to review all the data and make an eligibility determination using the LD tables accessible via the Kentucky Department of Education or a non-standard score method when standardized normative measures of ability and achievement are invalid or not available. All components of required documentation for SLD Eligibility must be considered. (See Required Components, beginning on page 6). Developing the Individual Education Program (IEP) (707 KAR 1:320) Once eligibility has been determined, the ARC shall develop a standards-based IEP for the student. The provides instructions and examples for the ARC members on how to write standards-based IEPs. METHOD B: RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) Schools must have comprehensive, differentiated instruction for all learners; this includes interventions and evidence-based practices and strategies that provide a continuum of educational supports for students as part of the general education program. Once schools are implementing effective RtI processes, referrals most likely will occur after multiple attempts at targeted, research-based interventions/evidence-based practices have documented a student’s lack of adequate progress, even with interventions. This documentation will reflect a level of performance and a rate of growth that is below same age peers. The ARC will need to consider the results of multiple sources of documentation (triangulation of data) when analyzing an individual student’s performance and rate of growth. Students should not be referred to special education simply because they need academic assistance and special education is thought to be the only avenue for extra help. However, if targeted interventions within general education have demonstrated minimal results and a team suspects that a student’s learning difficulties are not due to a lack of appropriate instruction or other exclusionary factors, a referral for a special education evaluation on the basis of a suspected SLD must be considered.
Within 60 school days of receipt of signed written parental consent, the ARC must meet to review all the data and make an eligibility determination using the LD tables accessible via the Kentucky Department of Education or a non-standard score method when standardized normative measures of ability and achievement are invalid or not available. All components of required documentation for SLD Eligibility must be considered. (See Required Components, beginning on page 6). Developing the Individual Education Program (IEP) (707 KAR 1:320) Once eligibility has been determined, the ARC shall develop a standards-based IEP for the student. The provides instructions and examples for the ARC members on how to write standards-based IEPs. METHOD B: RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) Schools must have comprehensive, differentiated instruction for all learners; this includes interventions and evidence-based practices and strategies that provide a continuum of educational supports for students as part of the general education program. Once schools are implementing effective RtI processes, referrals most likely will occur after multiple attempts at targeted, research-based interventions/evidence-based practices have documented a student’s lack of adequate progress, even with interventions. This documentation will reflect a level of performance and a rate of growth that is below same age peers. The ARC will need to consider the results of multiple sources of documentation (triangulation of data) when analyzing an individual student’s performance and rate of growth. Students should not be referred to special education simply because they need academic assistance and special education is thought to be the only avenue for extra help. However, if targeted interventions within general education have demonstrated minimal results and a team suspects that a student’s learning difficulties are not due to a lack of appropriate instruction or other exclusionary factors, a referral for a special education evaluation on the basis of a suspected SLD must be considered.