Critique of the National Evaluation of Response to Intervention: A Case for Simpler Frameworks

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How evidence-based reform will transform research and practice in education (2020, background): “However, studies of RTI do not find it to be effective (Balu et al., 2015), because RTI principles are rarely fully implemented (Fuchs & Fuchs, 2017; Ruffini, Miskell, Lindsay, McInerney, & Waite, 2016).”
A Synthesis of Quantitative Research on Programs for Struggling Readers in Elementary Schools (2021, background): “Such outcomes are very difficult to determine, because in a nationally mandated program, it is impossible to identify control groups not using RTI (see Balu et al, 2015; Fuchs & Fuchs, 2017).”
Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Reading Interventions for Students in the Primary Grades (2020, background): “…concerns about the study design, the use of a regression design to answer questions about effectiveness, how impacts were combined across districts that use different curricula, and the limited monitoring of fidelity of implementation (e.g., Fuchs & Fuchs, 2017; Gersten, Jayanthi, & Dimino, 2017).”