Letter of intent due: February 3, 2009
MDRC and SRI International are evaluation contractors for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) in the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, which has funded a multi-year evaluation of Response to Intervention (RtI) strategies in reading for grades 1 and 2. This evaluation will examine the impacts of different Tier 2 RtI models on student reading performance and identification for special education. The study is seeking products and services for Tier 2 reading measurement and intervention in grades 1 and 2 for a 2-1/2 year period beginning in early 2010.