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SWIFT Shelf for Research
Check out the SWIFT Shelf Tools, which include free downloadable Assessment Tools and other helpful district and school resources. Search SWIFT Shelf Stories provide free downloadable mini-films—Whatever It Takes, Together, and MTSS: Universal, Additional and Intensified Support, and Issue Briefs of interest to practitioners. Visit the Research section for Research-to-Practice Briefs and a Bibliography of scholarly papers that analyze SWIFT partner outcomes.
SWIFT Shelf Tools
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District / School Resources
Webinars
- Equity-based MTSS: Transitioning to a New Future with Dr. Hollie Pettersson and Dr. Amy Jablonski
- Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes: Dr. Chandra Williams Webinar Slides
- UDL and Differentiated Instruction: Webinar with Dr. Loui Lord Nelson
- UDL and Differentiated Instruction: Dr. Loui Lord Nelson Webinar Slides and Notes
- Strategies for Including All Students: Webinar with Dr. Jennifer Kurth
- Strategies for Including All Students: Jennifer Kurth Webinar Slides and Notes
SWIFT Shelf Stories
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- California Scale Up MTSS: Kern County
- MTSS Universal, Additional & Intensified short film transcripts
- MTSS: Universal Support
- MTSS: Additional Support
- MTSS: Intensified Support
- Any School Can...
- Whatever it Takes: a SWIFT film on Inclusive Academic Instruction
- Whatever it Takes: Discussion Guide
- Whatever It Takes transcript
- Together: a SWIFT film on Integrated Educational Framework
- Together: Discussion Guide
- Together transcript
- SWIFT 2016 National Professional Learning Institute Presentations
- SWIFT-in-60 Downloads and Transcripts
- ALL Means ALL!! A SWIFT Overview Video
- Domains and Features at Henderson School
- What is SWIFT
Issue Briefs & Papers
Transitioning to a New Future with Equity-based MTSS, Issue Brief #12- SWIFT Partner School Student Outcomes
- Implementing Equity-based Inclusion with Fidelity to Improve Outcomes trifold poster
- Facilitation Guide for Designing a Shared Vision of Equity
- Strategies for Transitioning to an Inclusive School Environment
- Promises to Keep: Transforming Educator Preparation to Better Serve a Diverse Range of Learners from CCSSO and CEEDAR Center
- Stars in Alignment Issue Brief 9
- SWIFT SEA Blueprint for Equity-based Inclusive Reform
- Indicators of Effective Policy Development & Implementation
- Better Together Task Force Brief
- My Brother's Keeper Task Force Brief
- SWIFT Differentiated Technical Assistance.pdf
- Differentiated Technical Assistance for Sustainable Transformation (TA Brief)
- Research Support for Inclusive Education and SWIFT
- Bibliography of Research Support for K-8 Inclusive Education
- SWIFT Fidelity of Implementation Tool: Development and Preliminary Technical Adequacy
- Policies that Support SWIFT Trusting Family Partnerships
- School Discipline Policy Considerations in a SWIFT Framework
- Who Is My Brother's Keeper?
- How Policy Alignment Impacts Sustainability of Schoolwide Transformation: Lessons from SWIFT Knowledge Development Sites
- How Change Occurred at the Stoughton Area School District: Lessons from a SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformat
- Leading Education Reform Initiatives: How SWIFT Coordinates and Enhances Impact
- School Climate Briefs from National Center on School Climate
- Lessons from the Field
Research
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- High Leverage Practices to Improve Inclusive Educational Environments for Students with IEPs
- Talking Circles Research to Practice Brief.pdf
- Restorative Practices – Research to Practice Brief
- State-wide Social and Emotional Learning Embedded within Equity-based MTSS: Impact on Student Academic Outcomes.
- Equity as a Basis for Inclusive Educational Systems Change - Research to Practice Brief
- Sustaining SWPBIS for Inclusive Behavior Instruction - Research to Practice Brief
- Behavior Screening at Middle and High Schools - Research to Practice Brief
- Identifying Data-Driven Instructional Decisions - Research to Practice Brief
- Coaches and PLCs to Support Data Use - Research to Practice Brief
- Collaborative Learning - Research to Practice Brief
Research & Journal Articles
Sailor, W., Skrtic, T. M., Cohn, M., Olmstead, C. (2020). Preparing Teacher Educators for Statewide Scale-Up of Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). Teacher Education and Special Education, 1 –18 (Online Frst). http://10.1177/0888406420938035
McCart, A., Choi, J. & Sailor, W. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Collaboration for Equity and Inclusion Through Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Implementation: Longitudinal Evaluation of Student Outcomes [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/sdts33e (Conference Canceled).
- Choi, J. H., McCart, A. B., & Sailor, W. (2020). Reshaping Educational Systems to Realize the Promise of Inclusive Education. In FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 6(1), 8-23.
- Choi, J. H., McCart, A. B., & Sailor, W. (2020). Achievement of Students With IEPs and Associated Relationships With an Inclusive MTSS Framework. The Journal of Special Education, doi:10.1177/0022466919897408
- Choi, J. H., McCart, A. B., Hicks, T. A., & Sailor, W. (2019). An analysis of mediating effects of school leadership on MTSS implementation. The Journal of Special Education, 53(1), 15-27. doi:10.1177/0022466918804815
Kurth, J. A. (2018). Introduction to the special topic issue on the impact of SWIFT technical assistance. Inclusion, 6, 1-2. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.1
Sailor, W., McCart, A. B., & Choi, J. H. (2018). Reconceptualizing inclusive education through multi-tiered system of support. Inclusion, 6, 2-18. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.3
Kurth, J. A., Morningstar, M. E., Hicks, T. A., & Templin, J. (2018). Exploring the relationship between school transformation and inclusion: A Bayesian multilevel longitudinal analysis. Inclusion, 6, 19-32. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.19
Kozleski, E. B., & Choi, J. H. (2018). Leadership for equity and inclusivity in schools: The cultural work of inclusive schools. Inclusion, 6, 33-44. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988.6.1.33
Schuh, M. C., Knackstedt, K. M., Cornett, J., Choi, J. H., Pollitt, D. T., & Satter, A. L. (2018). All means all: Connecting federal education policy and local implementtion practice through evidence and equity. Inclusion, 6, 45-59. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988.6.1.45
Gross, J. M. S., Choi, J. H., & Francis, G. L. (2018). Perceptions of family engagement and support in SWIFT schools. Inclusion, 6, 60-74. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.60
Sailor, W., Satter, A., Woods, K., McLeskey, J., & Waldron, N. (2017). School improvement through inclusive education. Oxford Bibliographies in Education. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0191
Sailor, W. (2017). Equity as a basis for inclusive educational systems change. Australasian Journal of Special Education, 41, 1-17. doi: 10.1017/jse.2016.12
Francis, G., Blue-Banning, M., Turnbull, A.P., Hill, C., Haines, S.J., and Gross, J.M.S. (2016). Culture in inclusive schools: Parental perspectives on trusting family-professional partnerships. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 51(6), 281-293.
Francis, G. L., Gross, J. M. S., Blue-Banning, M., Haines, S., & Turnbull, A. P. (2016). Principals and parents achieving optimal outcomes: Lessons learned from six American schools implementing inclusive practices. Revista Latinoamericana de Inclusión Educativa, 10(1), 61-77.
Choi, J. H., Meisenheimer, J. M., McCart, A. B., & Sailor, W. (2017). Improving learning for all students through equity-based inclusive reform practices: effectiveness of a fully integrated schoolwide model on student reading and math achievement. Remedial and Special Education, 38, 28-41. doi: 10.1177/0741932516644054
Artiles, A. J., & Kozleski, E. B. (2016). Inclusive education's promises and trajectories: Critical notes about future research on a venerable ideal. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(43). doi:10.14507/eppaa.24.1919
Gross, J. M. S., Haines, S. J., Hill, C., Francis, G. L., Blue-Banning, M., & Turnbull, A. P. (2015). Strong school–community partnerships in inclusive schools are “part of the fabric of the school.…we count on them.” School Community Journal, 25(2), 9-34.
Algozzine, B., Morsbach Sweeney, H., Choi, J. H.,Horner, R., Sailor, W., McCart, A. B., Satter, A., & Lane, K. L. (2016). Development and preliminary technical adequacy of the Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation Fidelity of Implementation Tool. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 35(3), 302-322. doi: 10.1177/0734282915626303
Shogren, K., McCart, A., Lyon, K., & Sailor, W. (2015). All means all: Building knowledge for inclusive schoolwide transformation. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 173-191. doi: 10.1177/1540796915586191.
Haines, S., Gross, J., Blue-Banning, M., Francis, G., & Turnbull, A. (2015). Fostering family-school and community-school partnerships in inclusive schools: Using practice as a guide. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 227-239. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594141.
Kozleski, E., Yu, I., Satter, A., Francis, G., & Haines, S. (2015). A never ending journey: Inclusive education is a principle of practice, not an end game. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 211-226. doi: 10.1177/1540796915600717.
Kurth, J., Lyon, K., & Shogren, K. (2015). Supporting students with severe disabilities in inclusive schools: A descriptive account from schools implementing inclusive practices. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 261-274. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594160.
Morningstar, M., Shogren, K., Lee, H., & Born, K. (2015). Preliminary lessons about supporting participation and learning in inclusive classrooms. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 192-210. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594158.
Shogren, K., Gross, J., Forber-Pratt, A., Francis, G., Satter, A., Blue-Banning, M., & Hill, C. (2015). The perspectives of students with and without disabilities on inclusive schools. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 242-260. doi: 10.1177/1540796915583493.
McCart, A., Sailor, W., Bezdek, J., & Satter, A. (2014). A framework for inclusive educational delivery systems. Inclusion, 2(4), 252-264.
Sailor, W. (2014). Advances in schoolwide inclusive school reform. Remedial and Special Education, Online First. doi:10.1177/0741932514555021.
Sailor, W., & McCart, A. (2014). Stars in alignment. Research & Practices for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 39(1), 55-64. doi: 10.1177/1540796914534622.
SWIFT Center. (2014). All Means All: Ending segregation in schools and achieving education and excellence for all. Special issue of TASH Connections, 40(2), 1-18.