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Reynolds and Shaywitz (2009) provides quite a scathing critique of RtI, particularly in saying there is not a lot of evidence to match the enthusiasm for RtI in terms of research support for RtI, ease of implementation, breadth of applications in the schools, and the ability of the RtI model to benefit children with learning disabilities.
FORBES: There Are No Silver-Bullets in Education Reform
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Schools make allowances for kids suffering from most kinds of learning disabilities, such as the ability to take tests alone, with extra time.
WSJ: The Journeying Dyslexic's Lament
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Wide-ranging, flexible and broad learning, the kind we encourage in high-school and college, may actually be in tension with the ability to develop finely-honed, controlled, focused expertise in a particular skill, the kind of learning that once routinely took place in human societies.
WSJ: What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?