Practical Suggestions in Planning and Implementing Response to Intervention RTI

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Practical Suggestions in Planning and
Implementing Response to Intervention (RTI)

• ACSA Region 5
• February 2, 2009
• University of San Francisco
• Kevin Oh
• Chris Thomas
• Yvonne Bui

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Presentation Agenda

• Introductions
• RTI²
• RTI Framework
• School-wide Improvement Plan
• Initial RTI Data Assessment Chart
• Guiding Questions
• Intervention/Strategies
• Documentation

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RTI²

• The California Dept. of Education officially
  defines RTI² as a systematic, data-driven
  approach to instruction that benefits every
  studentRTI is meant to communicate the full
  spectrum of instruction from the general core, to
  the supplemental or intensive, to meet the
  academic and behavioral needs of students. 

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Core Components of RTI²

• High-quality classroom instruction
• Research based instruction
• Universal Screening
• Continuous classroom progress monitoring
• Research based interventions
• Progress monitoring during instruction and
  interventions
• Fidelity of program implementation
• Staff development and collaboration
• Parent involvement
• Specific learning disability determination

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RTI Framework
RTI is a framework, NOT a program
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RTI Core Principles
Multi-Tiered framework of Service Delivery
compared to weight loss program

• Weight loss programs are not individualized
• Some include exercise programs, nutrition
  classes, support groups, etc.
• One size fits all does not work

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• RTI is a framework, NOT a program
• RTI is a framework, NOT a program
• RTI is a framework, NOT a program

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RTI Tier I
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RTI Tier I

• General Screening (Universal)
• Core instructional program
• 80-90 of the students respond and achieve
  benchmarks

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RTI Tier II
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RTI Tier II

• Students do not make adequate progress in Tier I
• More intense services and targeted interventions
• Small group settings
• Bi-weekly monitoring
• Six to ten weeks

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RTI Tier III
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RTI Tier III

• Students who do not adequately respond to the
  targeted intervention in Tier II
• Eligible for special education services under
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA
  2004)
• Individualized, intensive interventions

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RTI Framework of interventions

• Eligible for special education services
• Individualized, intensive interventions

• More intense services and targeted interventions
• Small group settings
• Bi-weekly monitoring

• Universal Screening
• Core instructional program

Source National Association of State Directors
of Special Education (2007)
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School-Wide Improvement Plan

• What is your core instructional program?
• WestEd recommendations for evidence
• Existing needs assessment
• Provides a process to evaluate your core
  instructional program

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Initial RTI Data Assessment

• What student data are you currently collecting?
• Who collects the data?
• How are the data shared/communicated/used?
• What kind of help/additional data are needed?

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Data Assessment Activity

• Work in groups of 2-3
• Fill out the assessment chart for school level
  data
• Select reading or language arts
• Be prepared to share your data

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What is Scientifically Based Research?

• The NCLB Act (2002) defines scientifically based
  research as "research that involves the
  application of rigorous, systematic, and
  objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid
  knowledge relevant to education activities and
  programs."

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NCLB on Reading Research

• "A primary focus of this law is the requirement
  that school districts and individual schools use
  effective research-based reading remediation
  programs so all children are reading at grade
  level by the end of third grade. The law
  authorizes funds 'to provide assistance to State
  educational agencies and local educational
  agencies in establishing reading programs for
  students in kindergarten through grade 3 that are
  based on scientifically based reading research,
  to ensure that every student can read at grade
  level or above no later than the end of grade 3.'
  (20 U.S.C. 6361)"

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Intervention/Strategies Assessment

• What Works Clearinghouse
• Example of evidence-based practice (PALS Peer
  Assisted Learning Strategies)
• Decision rules

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Document! Document! Document!
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General Information about RTI

• Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center
• http//www.nwrel.org/nwrcc/rti/
• Council of Administrators of Special Education
• http//www.casecec.org/rti.htm
• What You Need to Know about IDEA 2004 RTI New
  Ways to Identify Specific Learning Disabilities
  This page includes articles, free publications,
  and recommended websites.
• http//www.wrightslaw.com/info/rti.index.htm
• OSEP-funded National Technical Assistance Center
  on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports
• http//www.pbis.org/main.htm

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Resources for Screening

• National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
• http//www.nrcld.org
• Edcheckup
• http//www.edcheckup.com
• EdProgress
• http//www.edprogress.com
• Reading Success Lab
• http//www.readingsuccesslab.com

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Resources for Progress Monitoring

• Intervention Central (Chart Dog)
• http//www.interventioncentral.com
• DIBELS
• http//dibels.uoregon.edu/
• Evidence-Based Progress Monitoring and
  Improvement
• http//www.aimsweb.com
• Edcheckup
• http//www.edcheckup.com
• National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
• http//www.studentprogress.org
• Research Institute on Progress Monitoring
• http//www.progressmonitoring.org
• Division for Learning Disabilities (tutorial)
• http//teachingld.org
• EdProgress
• http//www.edprogress.com
• Monitoring Basic Skills Progress
• http//www.proedinc.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idPro
  duct1348

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Resources for Research-Based Instruction

• Identifying and implementing educational
  practices supported by rigorous evidence A user
  friendly guide. U.S. Department of Education
  Institute of Education Sciences National Center
  for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
  http//www.evidencebasedpolicy.org/docs/Identifyin
  g_and_Implementing_Educational_Practices.pdf

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Resources for Research-Based Instruction

• What Works Clearinghouse
• http//ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc
• Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy (Social
  Policy)
• http//www.evidencebasedprograms.org/
• Best Evidence Encyclopedia
• http//www.bestevidence.org/
• The Promising Practices Network
• http//www.promisingpractices.net/
• Florida Center for Reading Research
• http//www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/
• The Access Center
• http//www.k8accesscenter.org
• System 44 Reading Program for grades
  3-12-Scholastic
• http//www.scholastic.com

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Resources for Research-Based Instruction

• University of Oregon
• http//reading.uoregon.edu/curricula/or_rfc_review
  _2.php
• Center for Academic and Reading Skills
• http//cars.uth.tmc.edu/projects/tpri
• Multicultural Reading and Thinking
• http//www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw10/eptw10k.html
• Pearson Scott Foresman Early Reading Intervention
• http//www.scottforesman.com/reading/eri/index.cfm
  
• Spell Read Phonological Auditory Training
• http//www.spellread.com/

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References Resources

• Bender, W. N., Shores, C. (2007). Response to
  intervention A practical guide for every
  teacher. Thousand Oaks, CA Corwin Press.
• Shores, C., Chester, K. (2009). Using RTI for
  school improvement Raising every students
  achievement scores.
• Mellard, D. F., Johnson, E. (2008). RTI A
  practitioners guide to implementing response to
  intervention. Thousand Oaks, CA Corwin Press.
• Division for Learning Disabilities. (2007).
  Thinking about response to intervention and
  learning disabilities A teachers guide. Council
  for Exceptional Children
• Earl, L. M., Katz, S. (2006). Leading schools
  in a data-rich world Harnessing data for school
  improvement. Thousand Oaks, CA Corwin Press.
• Fullan, M. (2008). The six secrets of change
  What the best leaders do to help their
  organizations survive and thrive. San Francisco,
  CA Jossey-Bass.
• Data Wise A Step-by-Step Guide to Using
  Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and
  Learning. Edited by Kathryn Parker Boudett,
  Elizabeth City, and Richard Murnane.
  http//www.hepg.org/hep/book/53/DataWise

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Questions Feedback

• Questions?
• What was helpful?
• What more would you like to know about RTI?

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Thank you!

• Kevin Oh, koh2_at_usfca.edu
• Chris Thomas, cnthomas_at_usfca.edu
• Yvonne Bui, buiy_at_usfca.edu
• University of Kansas, Center for Research on
  Learning CLC