Educational Diagnosticians

About Educational Diagnosticians

Great dialogue with researchers in the field.

Publisher

Nazzie Pater-Rov

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Nov 2021

Latest episode

17 May 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 May 2026

   Helter Skelter: When RTI & Childfind Collide | Torin Tovar

   Lawyer, Torin Tovar, explains the difference between RTI and the need to refer to special education, as he described in his article linked below. This paper aligns with the guidance given when Texas was under corrective action for Childfind. These two services are not exclusive. He also describes the basic elements of any RTI program. Here's a link to his article. (https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=naalj)

2. 

   3 May 2026

   Don't Be Quiet, Start a RIOT | Nazzie Pater-Rov

   What do you do when you know the instructional experiences and the interventions for a child you are testing are not ideal? We explore the RIOT and ICEL matrix for creating the right blurbs for talking about this in your FIE. See this link for some examples. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zO-OOGxoc9EKu5BLpZB_Ks0RL3-EJ21QVK30kSP4Zzw/edit?usp=drive_link) Here's a link for the AIR resource (https://mtss4success.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/riot-icel-matrix.pdf). Here's one from Intervention Central's website (https://www.interventioncentral.org/sites/default/files/rti_riot_icel_data_collection.pdf). Minnesota resource link (https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/groups/educ/documents/basic/mdaw/mdax/~edisp/001908.pdf). Related Books: Untangling Data-Based Decision Making (https://a.co/d/0hMy0Efw) (See next episode for Perry Zirkel article).

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   19 Apr 2026

   Eye of the Tiger: Driving Math Instruction | Robin Codding, PhD.

   Dr. Robin Codding tells us how we can test for math disabilities and drive instruction at the same time- the Evidence-Based way! 1. Codding, R. S., Nelson, G., Kiss, A. J., Shin, J., Goodridge, A., & Hwang, J. (2025). A Meta-Analysis of the Relations Between Curriculum-Based Measures in Mathematics and Criterion Measures. School Psychology Review, 54(3), 275–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2023.2224055 2. Codding, R. S., Peltier, C., & Campbell, J. (2023). Introducing the Science of Math. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 56(1), 6-11. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00400599221121721 3. VanderHeyden, A. M., Codding, R. S. Belief-Based Versus Evidence-Based Math Assessment and Instruction: What School Psychologists Need to Know to Improve Student Outcomes By Amanda M. VanDerHeyden & Robin S. Codding (2021). The science of math: The importance of mastery measures and the quest for a general outcome measure. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1322824 4. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED500486.pdf 5. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguides 6. https://www.thescienceofmath.com/ 7. https://intensiveintervention.org/

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• Nazzie Pater-Rov
• Barbara Foorman
• Dr Kathleen Pfannenstiel
• Zaronia Gibbs

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