Evaluating Educational Interventions: Single-Case Design for Measuring Response to Intervention

This user-friendly, practical book is the first guide to single-case design written specifically for practitioners using response-to-intervention (RTI) models in schools. It provides essential skills for analyzing and presenting data to support valid educational decision making. Step-by-step explanations and many illustrative examples render complex concepts accessible and applicable to day-to-day work with elementary and secondary students. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for ease of photocopying, the book includes reproducible graphs and forms. Two hands-on appendices offer clear instructions for summarizing and analyzing data using computer spreadsheets.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Design and Analysis for Educational Intervention
2. The Nuts and Bolts of Single-Case Design
3. The Classic A-B-A-B Design
4. Complex Single-Case Designs
5. Visual Analysis and Interpretation Strategies for Single-Case Design
6. Advanced Empirical Analyses of Single-Case Data in Practice and Research
7. Brief Experimental Analysis
8. A Response-to-Intervention Model Incorporating Experimental Design

Appendix A. Summarizing Data through Visual Presentation with Microsoft Excel

Appendix B. Sample Analysis Techniques with Microsoft Excel