Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Agency PI. Department of Public Instruction |
Chapter 11. Children With Disabilities |
Section 11.02. Definitions.
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- In this chapter:(1) "Adequate fidelity" means the intervention has been applied in a manner highly consistent with its design, and was provided to the pupil at least 80 percent of the recommended number of weeks, sessions, and minutes per session.(3) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of public instruction.(4) "Division" means the division for learning support: equity and advocacy which is established under s. 15.373 (1) , Stats., and which has the authority granted under s. 115.77 , Stats.(4e) "Evidence-based interventions" means scientific, research-based interventions with substantial evidence of their effectiveness through multiple outcome evaluations.(6) "Individualized education program" or "IEP" has the meaning defined under s. 115.76 (9) , Stats.(6m) "Intensive interventions" means interventions used with individual or small groups of pupils, focusing on single or small numbers of discrete skills, with substantial numbers of instructional minutes in addition to those provided to all pupils.(6t) "Intervention" means the systematic use of a technique, program or practice designed to improve learning or performance in specific areas of pupil need.(9) "Probes" mean brief, direct measures of specific academic skills, with multiple equal or nearly equal forms, that are sensitive to small changes in pupil performance, and that provide reliable and valid measures of pupil performance during interventions.(10) "Progress monitoring" means a scientifically-based practice to assess pupil response to interventions.(11) "Rate of progress" during an intervention means the slope of the trend line using least squares regression on the baseline and all subsequent data points during each intervention.