Library
The Library includes research and resources (developed outside of TCLD) related to:- multi-tiered interventions in reading, math, and behavior,
- progress-monitoring tools, and
- specific identification methods for learning disabilities based on RTI models.
Resources are evaluated by TCLD staff and expert reviewers prior to posting. New resources are reviewed and posted on an ongoing basis. Click here to see our resource review procedures.
There are 105 resources in the library.
A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners, developed by NCCREST, includes information on how best to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in a way that will provide an equitable educational opportunity for students who are English Language Learners.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Monday, December 15, 2008
Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center on Instruction
Center on Instruction
This document developed by the Center on Instruction's Reading, Special Education and ELL Strands makes recommendations for improving literacy-related instruction in the content areas or across the entire school day, interventions for students reading below grade level, and recommendations for supporting literacy development in adolescent English language learners. Also included are comments from experts in response to questions about methods for improving academic literacy in adolescents and examples of state activities in support of improved adolescent literacy in California, Florida, Rhode Island, and Washington.
Grade level: 4-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Addressing Promises and Challenges of Response to Intervention Models for ELLs
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
Alfredo Artiles' Keynote presented at the 31st annual conference of the New York State Association for Bilingual Education (March 2008 - Melville, New York).
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Using ARRA Funds Provided Through Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to Drive School Reform and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
This document from the U.S. Department of Education provides guidance on possible uses of Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Part B funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Monday, February 22, 2010
An Emerging Model: Three-tier Mathematics Intervention Model
The Access Center
This presentation, delivered at the State ISC (Information Sharing Community) Meeting on October 3 and 4, 2005 by Dr. Diane Bryant of The University of Texas at Austin, describes one example of a multi-tiered intervention model for math in grades K - 2. It includes a PowerPoint and transcript; other helpful resources on math interventions within a Response to Intervention framework are provided at the end of the PowerPoint. Audio of the event is also available online.
Grade level: K-2
Resource type: PowerPoint and WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle Schools
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
This guide makes eight recommendations designed to help teachers, principals, and administrators use Response to Intervention for the early detection, prevention, and support of students struggling with mathematics. Taking early action may be key to helping students struggling with mathematics.
Grade level: K-8
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Bill East: Effective Ways for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to Engage State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Schools Regarding RTI
RTI Action Network
Bill East: Effective Ways for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to Engage State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Schools Regarding RTI, developed by the RTI Action Network, includes information highlighting some of the important issues education agencies should consider related to RTI.
Grade level: K-12
Resource type: Podcast
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Campus Leadership Response to Intervention Data Management Tool
The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
The Campus Leadership Response to Intervention Data Management Tool (RTI-DMT), developed by the Building RtI Capacity project team at the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, is a series of linked Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that help campus leaders monitor progress in meeting campus goals to prevent learning difficulties within a response to intervention framework. Directions for using the RTI-DMT are provided in a User's Guide. The RTI-DMT and User's Guide can be downloaded for free by visiting the Building RTI Capacity website below.
Grade level: K-6
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Choosing a Progress Monitoring Tool that Works for You
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
This PowerPoint presentation from the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring 2006 Summer Institute introduced participants to a method to help them identify their needs and goals regarding student progress monitoring. They were then shown how to use the information from the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring review of tools to assist in choosing a scientifically based progress monitoring tool that fits their specific needs. The worksheet is also available for download.
Grade level: K-5
Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Monday, September 17, 2007
CREATE Brief: Response to Intervention and English Language Learners
The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
This brief outlines the tiered structure of RTI and how it can be implemented as an effective technique for teaching English learners who are having difficulty making academic progress.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
CSR: A Reading Comprehension Strategy
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
The Iris Center has developed this module to provide an overview of the collaborative strategic reading (CSR) strategy used to improve reading comprehension.
Grade level: K-8
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
Culturally responsive educational systems are grounded in the belief that culturally and linguistically diverse students can excel in academic endeavors. This resource is an online professional learning module developed by NCCRESt, consisting of three "academies" designed to (a) introduce culturally responsive RTI, (b) use data to assess student progress and inform decision making, and (c) ensure culturally responsive supports. Each academy provides a facilitator manual, PowerPoint, and participant handouts.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Data-Based Instructional Decision Making
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
This session was intended for those who have already been trained in CBM in reading and/or mathematics or those who are currently implementing CBM in reading or mathematics. Advanced issues covered included interpreting CBM reading and mathematics data, using the data base to inform instructional decision making, and selecting research-validated interventions. This session was geared toward teachers who are currently implementing CBM and administrators who are supporting CBM implementation.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF or PowerPoint
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Developing an RTI Guidance Document
National Center on Response to Intervention
This resource, created by the National Center on Response to Intervention, is based on the lessons learned from providing support to states developing guidance documents. Included in this tool are frequently asked questions about guidance documents and a template to help states, districts, and schools develop their own documents.
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Differentiated Instruction: Part 1
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts and the Texas Education Agency
Differentiated Instruction: Part 1, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts with funding from the Texas Education Agency, provides presenter notes and participant handouts from a training discussing the different dimensions of instruction and how to differentiate within and across these dimensions.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
District RTI Initiatives
The IDEA Partnership
RTI and related initiatives of school districts and area education service centers are among the many descriptions of district activities, with links, shown in the RKR Library.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Education for Students with Reading/Learning Disabilities: What Makes It 'Special'
Center on Instruction
Presented at the 2006 OSEP Project Directors' Conference Program on July 31, 2006, by Dr. Sharon Vaughn of the Vaughn Gross Center at the University of Texas at Austin, this presentation discusses the importance of implementing effective, research-based instructional practices, specifically tiered intervention models, when educating students with disabilities.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Essential Components of RTI-A Closer Look at Response to Intervention
National Center on Response to Intervention
Essential Components of RTI-A Closer Look at Response to Intervention, developed by the National Center on Response to Intervention, identifies and describes the essential components of RTI: a school-wide, multi-level instructional and behavioral system for preventing school failure; screening; progress monitoring; and data-based decision making for instruction, movement within the multi-level system, and disability identification.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Features of state response to intervention initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region states
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory
This report, developed by REL and the Institute of Education Sciences, describes an analysis of documents related to RTI that are publicly available on state education agency web sites in the nine Northeast and Islands Region jurisdictions: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands. This document concludes that RTI is supported in seven jurisdictions as an overall school instructional improvement approach or an approach to determining special education eligibility. It also finds that RTI documents in the seven jurisdictions address the core features of RTI as defined by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Fidelity of Implementation within an RTI Framework
National Center on Response to Intervention
This webinar, produced by The National Center for Response to Intervention and led by Dr. Daryl Mellard, provides background knowledge about fidelity and how it plays an integral role within the entire RTI framework at the school and classroom levels. The webinar includes examples of how to assess fidelity, and offers resources and tools that can be used for this purpose.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Field Studies of RTI Programs
RTI Action Network
This article from the RTI Action Network reviews published field studies on the effectiveness of different RTI models. The corpus of identified studies includes examples of the standard protocol model, the problem-solving model, and a combination of both.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
How Progress Monitoring Assists Decision Making in a Response to Instruction Framework
National Center for Student Progress Monitoring
Researchers at the National Center for Student Progress Monitoring studied a Response to Instruction model as a method of identifying children for special education services. To judge responsiveness, curriculum-based measures of oral reading fluency were used to monitor progress. This process generated a number of examples of how weekly progress monitoring, which includes systematic data interpretation and teacher action, is central to good decision making in an RtI framework. Two children are discussed whose profiles illustrate different aspects of the progress monitoring-RtI interface.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF or WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
How the EBIS/RTI Process Works in Secondary Schools
Tigard-Tualatin School District
This document developed by the Tigard-Tualatin School District in Tigard, OR, includes information on EBIS (Effective Behavior and Instructional Support) as a structured, systematic process (1) to review school-wide behavior and academic data in order to evaluate the effectiveness of core programs, (2) to screen and identify students needing additional academic and/or behavior support, and (3) to plan, implement and modify interventions for these students.
Grade level: 7-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, July 08, 2010
How the EBIS-RTI Team Process Works in Elementary Schools
Tigard-Tualatin School District
How the EBIS-RTI Team Process Works in Elementary Schools, developed by the Tigard-Tualatin School District, includes information on EBIS as a structured, systematic process involving the following features and activities: team membership, school-wide planning, planning for the 20%, monthly meetings, and individualizing-intensifying interventions.
Grade level: K-5
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Identification of Students with LD Under IDEA 2004: Oregon Response to Intervention
Oregon Department of Education
This document provides information to assist school districts in designing and adopting an RTI approach that best fits the district, is technically sound, and is sustainable.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Identifying Learning Disabilities in the Context of Response to Intervention: A Hybrid Model
RTI Action Network
This article, written by TCLD Principal Investigator Jack Fletcher for the RTI Action Network, traces the history and identification of learning disabilities in the United States and outlines how a hybrid response to intervention model can be used in identification today.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Implementing Data-Informed Decision Making in Schools: Teacher Access, Supports and Use
U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
Implementing Data-Informed Decision Making in Schools: Teacher Access, Supports and Use, developed by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, presents an analysis of district and school use of data systems to improve instruction which can be used to provide guidance for the implementation of data-informed decision making.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds
U.S. Department of Education
This document from the U.S. Department of Education addresses how funds under Title I and Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) may be used to support Response to Intervention (RTI) in public schools. The document can be downloaded below. The document can also be viewed as a "talking" PowerPoint presentation. Susan Wilhelm (Title I) and Millie Bentley-Memon (Title III) from the Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs (SASA), Ruth Ryder from Special Education, and Kay Ringling from the General Counsel's office provide the audio portion of the presentation. It can be accessed below. After the link opens, click "View flash presentation"; when the presentation opens, click on "Begin Presentation".
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Implementing Student Progress Monitoring on a Statewide Basis
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
This PowerPoint presentation from the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring 2006 Summer Institute provided an overview of Pennsylvania’s statewide progress monitoring initiative. Included was a discussion of the Commonwealth’s approach and outcomes to progress monitoring, which includes the selection of pilot districts, a training plan, a seven-step process, a statewide roll-out of the model, and student outcome data. Challenges and lessons learned were also shared. The handouts are also available for download.
Grade level: K-5
Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Monday, September 17, 2007
Indicators of School Readiness for RtI: A Self-Assessment Tool
Colorado Department of Education
Colorado Department of Education has developed a variety of tools to assist schools in implementing an RtI model. The Indicators of School Readiness for RtI: A Self-Assessment Tool is a rubric that allows educators to assess how prepared their school is for RtI implementation and to formulate a school profile. This information can be used to determine next steps for RtI implementation.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF or WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Instructional Decision-Making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students in Grades K-3
The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and the Texas Education Agency
Instructional Decision-Making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students in Grades K-3, developed by the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk with funding from the Texas Education Agency, provides information for ensuring appropriate instruction for students struggling with reading, mathematics, and behavior, and for students who are English language learners (ELL).
Grade level: K-3
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports: Innovation Configuration Matrix (ICM)
Kansas State Department of Education
This matrix developed by the Kansas State Department of Education describes the principles and practices within a Multi-Tier System of Supports. It focuses on the essential system components that are consistent across all ages (early childhood through high school) and across all domains (academic and behavior). The primary use of this matrix is to assist in the understanding of a multi-tiered system and describe what it may look like when implemented within a district, building, or other community agency.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Monday, February 22, 2010
Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports: Research Base
Kansas State Department of Education
This document from the Kansas State Department of Education is structured to align with the "Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS): Innovation Configuration Matrix". It was created to assist in the understanding of the actual research base underlying the principles and practices of MTSS. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all research that supports MTSS but a highlight of some main pieces of work.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Monday, February 22, 2010
LD Talk Transcript: Reading and RTI: How Students Benefit from Multi-Tiered Instruction and Intervention
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Drs. Sharon Vaughn and Jeanne Wanzek answered questions about features of evidence-based reading instruction, the delivery of effective supplemental services, the importance of collecting and using data to inform instruction, and offered information about the implementation of RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
Meeting the Needs of Significantly Struggling Learners in High School: A Look at Approaches to Tiered Intervention
National High School Center
This 2007 brief, developed by the National High School Center, describes issues relating to the implementation of RTI at the high school level. It provides an overview of RTI, describes current research on RTI and secondary education, and provides a case study of a high school that implemented RTI.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6 Online Module, developed by The Iris Center, provides an overview of the PALS peer tutoring strategy used to improve students reading skills in grades 2-6.
Grade level: 2-6
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades K-1
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades K-1 Online Module, developed by The Iris Center, provides an overview of the PALS peer tutoring strategy used to improve students reading skills in grades K-1.
Grade level: K-1
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
PALS: A Reading Strategy for High School
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
PALS: A Reading Strategy for High School Online Module, developed by The Iris Center, provides an overview of the PALS peer tutoring strategy used to improve students reading skills in high school.
Grade level: 9-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Parent advocacy brief: A Parent's Guide to Response-to-Intervention
National Center for Learning Disabilities
NCLD has written a Parent's Guide to Response to Intervention to provide an overview of the RTI process, describe how it is implemented in schools and offer questions that parents can ask.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Planning and First Steps
National Center on Response to Intervention
Planning and First Steps for RTI, a webinar presentation by Alexandra Hilt-Panahon and Deborah Gould Stover in collaboration with the National Center on Response to Intervention, offers an example of RTI implementation. Topics covered include the initial district planning, introducing RTI to stakeholders, creating data teams and staff alignment, developing schedules, and providing professional development. Examples of school-wide schedules and professional development are provided.
Grade level: K-5
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Preparing Elementary School Teachers in the Southeast Region to Work with Students with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
Preparing Elementary School Teachers in the Southeast Region to Work with Students with Disabilities, developed by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, examines the extent to which elementary education teacher preparation programs in 36 randomly selected colleges and universities in the six Southeast Region states integrate content related to students with disabilities.
Grade level: K-5
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Preventing Disproportionate Representation: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Prereferral Interventions
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
In this brief, four key elements of culturally- and linguistically- responsive preferral intervention for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Problem-Solving Model Pilot: The Problem-Solving Process and Graphics
North Carolina Department of Education
North Carolina has developed a Problem-Solving Model Pilot and accompanying Problem-Solving Model Process Graphics (adapted with permission from Heartland AEA Iowa) as tools to introduce both the conceptual framework and the process involved in providing a foundation for a planned, systematic set of interventions that can be monitored and evaluated to determine effectiveness. The graphics depict the Problem-Solving Model Process, a Problem-Solving Model, a comparison of the RTI/PSM model vs. current SIT, BAT, and SAT models, a graphic of Academic, Social, and Behavioral Success Systems, and a visual description of Student Achievement and the Student Success Program. These are available for download at the link below.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among Students Who Are English Language Learners in Three New York State Districts
Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory
Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among Students Who Are English Language Learners in Three New York State Districts, developed by REL Northeast & Islands (U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences), examines practices and challenges in the processes applied in three New York State districts in identifying learning disabilities among students who are English language learners.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Progress Monitoring Tools Chart
National Center on Response to Intervention
The Progress Monitoring Tools Chart, developed by the National Center on Response to Intervention's Technical Review Committee, includes the results of the first annual review of reading and math progress monitoring tools.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Progress Monitoring Within a Multi-Level Prevention System
RTI Action Network
Progress Monitoring Within a Multi-Level Prevention System, developed by Lynn S. Fuchs for the RTI Action Network, includes information on how progress monitoring is used within a multi-level prevention system.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Rapid Response - Response to Intervention (RtI) Policy
Southeast Comprehensive Center
This 'Rapid Response' report, released by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) provides an overview of state policies on RTI. The goal of the report is to provide decision makers and other stakeholders with information on formal RTI policy so that they can compare their own regulations with those in other states.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom, developed by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, offers prevention, implementation, and school wide strategies that can be used to reduce problematic behavior that interferes with the ability of students to attend to and engage fully in instructional activities.
Grade level: K-5
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents
National Association of School Psychologists
Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents, developed by the National Association of School Psychologists, includes information on the critical features of the RTI process for parents.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Monday, December 15, 2008
Response to Intervention (RTI): 3 Tiered System A Model to Meet Student Needs in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools
This webinar was presented by Tom Hegranes, Ann Casey, and Doug Marston from the Minneapolis Public Schools on June 20, 2006. Since the mid-1990's, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has implemented a problem-solving approach to delivering early intervening services to struggling learners. This approach involves documenting student responses to interventions and, when satisfactory progress is not made, referring children for special education evaluation. The Minneapolis Problem-Solving Model is similar to the response to intervention approach (RtI) authorized under IDEA 2004.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention (RtI): Straight Talk for Parents
Building Capacity for RTI in Texas Schools
This booklet, developed for parents, explains RtI and includes additional resources. There is also a Spanish booklet (second link) developed for Spanish speaking parents, which also explains RtI and includes additional resources along with a glossary.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Response to Intervention as it Relates to Early Intervening Services
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (Project Forum)
This is a proceedings document from a policy forum on RTI and EIS put on by Project Forum at NASDE as part of their cooperative agreement with OSEP. It provides legislative background, OSEP's description of RTI and a summary of barriers and recommendations generated by the participants.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: District and School Building Levels
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
This Blueprint provides step-by-step implementation guidelines, resources and tips from RtI implementers with many years of experience. The Blueprints are intentionally designed to provide a framework around which RtI implementation can be built.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Response to Intervention Dialogue Guides
The IDEA Partnership
These Dialogue Guides are models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders in States and districts. Each Guide circulates a common set of source materials and suggested procedures for involving various audiences in States and districts.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Response to Intervention in Pennsylvania
The IDEA Partnership
This presentation at the Supporting the Performance of Diverse Learners conference was sponsored by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, the Consortium for School Improvement at the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, and the Comprehensive School Reform Support and Capacity Building Program at the Education Alliance at Brown University.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PowerPoint
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention in Secondary Schools: Is It on Your Radar Screen?
RTI Action Network
This article from the RTI Action Network provides an orientation to RTI implementation in secondary schools. It provides a definition of RTI and a rationale for using RTI in secondary education, discusses myths and challenges facing implementation at the secondary school level, and suggests some questions to ask when looking for positive signs of readiness to engage in an RTI initiative.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Response to Intervention KnowledgeBase
The Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center
The Response to Intervention KnowledgeBase, developed by The Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center (MC3), is an online resource supporting educators in understanding and implementing the response to intervention (RtI) model. The KnowledgeBase is divided into the three stages of early implementation, identified by the National Implementation Research Network. This KnowledgeBase is geared primarily toward those in the Exploration and Installation stages, with some resources for those in the Initial Implementation stage.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Response to Intervention Podcasts
California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CALStat), Sponsored by the California Department of Education
These podcasts feature recorded conversations with experts from the field on a variety of RTI topics. Currently, podcasts are available in audio and PDF or html formats on (a) RTI Overview; (b) RTI Literacy; and (c) Elk Grove Unified School District's Arlene Hein Elementary.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Response to Intervention, Joint White Paper
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
This paper is a joint product by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) at the Council for Exceptional Children. These two organizations have joined together to prepare an overview of Response to Intervention (RtI) to share with both general and special educators. It is their goal to engage the general education community in conversations and strategies to provide knowledge and technical assistance to help implement this successful approach to teaching all children, including students with disabilities.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention: The Future of Secondary Schools
National Association of School Psychologists
This article on RTI at the secondary level appears in the March 2008 issue of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) PRINCIPAL Leadership. It includes a general explanation of RTI, its importance to secondary school principals, and a description of the components of effective RTI programs.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Monday, March 16, 2009
Response to intervention: A case illustration
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Presented at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education Satellite Series in November 2005. This presentation identifies system, district, and building-level supports needed for RtI implementation.
Ernst, L., Miller, B., Robinson, W., & Tilly, W. D. (November 2005). Response to intervention: A case illustration.
Grade level: K-3
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention: An Implementation and Technical Assistance Guide for Districts and Schools
West Virginia Department of Education
Descriptions of the fundamental knowledge, skills, procedures and practices operationalized by the pilot schools are provided in this document, which serves as an administrator's and practitioner's guide for implementing and sustaining a K-3 response to intervention model.
Grade level: K-3
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Resource type: WordDoc
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Response to Intervention: Intervention Instruction (Professional Development Module)
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts and the Texas Education Agency
This resource, developed jointly by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts and the Texas Education Agency, provides educators with background and implementation knowledge on RTI. The resource provides information on identifying students' needs, implementing Tiers 1, 2, and 3, and strategies for providing differentiated instruction. Additional resources and examples of using an RTI framework to support reading are provided. This package of materials, currently hosted on the Center on Instruction website, includes four PowerPoints, presenter notes, participant packet, handouts packet, and additional resources packet.
Grade level: K-4
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Response to Intervention: Online Modules: RTI Part 1 - An Overview
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module outlines the differences between the IQ-achievement discrepancy model and the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) model. It also offers a brief overview of each tier in the RTI model and explains its benefits.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention: Online Modules: RTI Part 2 - Assessment
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module explores in detail the assessment procedures integral to RTI. It also outlines how to use progress monitoring data to determine if a student is meeting the established performance criteria or if more intensive intervention is needed.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Response to Intervention: Online Modules: RTI Part 3 - Reading Instruction
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module illustrates different research-based reading strategies that may be used with the Response-to-Intervention model to improve reading skills.
Grade level: K-3
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Monday, September 17, 2007
Response to Intervention: Online Modules: RTI Part 4 - Putting It All Together
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module synthesizes the information in RTI (Parts 1, 2, and 3) to provide teachers and other school personnel with a more comprehensive illustration of how to successfully implement RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Monday, September 17, 2007
Response to Intervention: Select State Programs
Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education
This policy analysis, developed by NASDSE, describes RTI implementation in six states. The document describes information found on state websites and subsequently provided by state staff in the areas of RTI structure, administration, implementation, data and outcomes and challenges.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Responsive Instruction: Refining Our Work of Teaching All Children Virginia's "Response to Intervention" Initiative
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education
This guidance document is designed to assist school divisions in understanding what RtI is, its origins in educational practice and research, its usefulness and value, and several ways it can be implemented.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities
National Association of School Psychologists
A brief overview of RTI is provided, including promising features, as well as concerns, unanswered questions, and research needs. Issues related to implementation, including use as an eligibility mechanism, parent participation, structure, and professional roles are addressed.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
RTI and Disproportionate Representation: An Annotated Bibliography
National Center on Response to Intervention
This annotated bibliography, developed by The National Center on RTI, outlines citations for key articles for understanding disproportionate representation. For ease of use, the bibliography is categorized into three sections: Practitioner-oriented, Practitioners Who Want to Learn More, and Research-oriented. The Practitioner-oriented category is mainly composed of articles that are simple and practical. The category entitled, Practitioners Who Want to Learn More, is for those who want more detailed information about disproportionality. While the majority of the articles are research-based, the Research-oriented category has more articles that focus on the technical and conceptual aspects of disproportionality.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
RTI and Math Instruction
RTI Action Network
This article from the RTI Action Network addresses RTI implementation in mathematics. It presents three considerations required for decision-making in RTI: Who needs intervention? What type of intervention is needed? And is the intervention working? It then discusses the importance of implementation fidelity and system change to ensure desired and sustainable outcomes for mathematical learning.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
RTI for ELLs: Appropriately Using Screening and Progress Monitoring Tools to Improve Instructional Outcomes
National Center on Response to Intervention
This brief provides a framework for using Response to Intervention (RTI) with students who are English Language Learners from Hispanic backgrounds. It examines the characteristics of these students; defines the RTI process; and then models how students' linguistic, cultural, and experiential backgrounds can guide appropriate screening, progress monitoring, and goal setting that will help promote English literacy. The brief concludes with a case study that provides specific recommendations for how to apply screening and progress monitoring with ELLs.
Grade level: K-12
Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
RTI Framework Integrity
National Center for Response to Intervention
This resource, developed by The National Center on Response to Intervention, is designed for use by individuals responsible for monitoring the school-level fidelity of Response to Intervention (RTI) implementation. The rubric and the worksheet are designed to be used together and are aligned with the essential components of RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
RTI in Texas: 2008-2009 Response to Intervention Guidance Document
Texas Education Agency
RtI in Texas: 2008-2009 Response to Intervention Guidance Document, developed by the Texas Education Agency, includes information about RtI implementation from the Response to Intervention Coordination Council (RtICC).
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
RTI Online Module (Part 5): A Closer Look at Tier 3
The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module describes which students will receive Tier 3 intervention, components of Tier 3 reading interventions, and students' response to this individualized intervention. This module also explores parent involvement and issues related to English language learners.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
RTI Tiered Instruction Goes Mainstream
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
This Fall 2008 issue of Northwest Education is devoted solely to RTI in the general education classroom. It provides examples of RTI at both the elementary and high school levels, as part of a comprehensive reading program, and as part of a math program. It also includes an interview with Dean Fixsen of the National Implementation Research Network on "the gap between what research has shown to be effective and what actually gets put into practice."
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Monday, March 16, 2009
RTI: Considerations for School Leaders
The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
This module provides information about ways to build support for RTI, factors that should be addressed when implementing RTI, and methods of collecting data and evaluating the effectiveness of the RTI approach.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Online Module
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
School RTI Initiatives
The IDEA Partnership
Schools' involvement in Response to Intervention and related problem-solving activities are among the many descriptions of school initiatives, with links, shown in the RKR Library. New descriptions are added regularly.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention
RTI Action Network
Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention, developed by the RTI Action Network, includes information from Amy Reschly on how RTI is an opportunity to bring about meaningful change in family-school relationships, allowing for the creation of engaged partnerships between educators and families through collaborative, structured problem-solving efforts.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Secondary Applications of RTI: A Guided Discussion
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
This presentation, sponsored by the National Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) summarizes a guided discussion on Secondary Applications of RTI with presenters, Donald D. Deshler and Joseph F. Kovaleski.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Selecting a Scientifically Based Core Curriculum for Tier I
RTI Action Network
This article from the RTI Action Network discusses the RTI component of scientifically based instructions for all students--Tier 1. It also provides information on selecting a Tier 1 core program in reading, and addresses the issue of selecting core programs in other subjects of writing, mathematics, science, and social studies.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Special Education Eligibility Standards from Iowa RtI
Iowa Department of Education
This 45 page document includes extensive information on assessments, working with culturally and linguistically diverse students, and determining discrepancy. Special Note: While this resource does address issues of special education identification, it also provides some very valuable information in other areas: (1) appropriate information on instructional integrity, (2) content on instructional need and progress monitoring, and (3) good model of how instruction can be addressed within a policy context.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in Response to Intervention in the Six Southeast Region States
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in Response to Intervention in the Six Southeast Region States, developed by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, describes how six state education agencies and three local education agencies in the Southeast Region are adopting and implementing Response to Intervention-an education approach designed to provide effective, evidence-based interventions for struggling learners
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
State RTI Initiatives
The IDEA Partnership
RTI and related initiatives of State education agencies are among the many descriptions of State activities, with links, shown in the RKR Library. New descriptions are added regularly.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Student Evaluation Resource
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk & TEA
This resource, developed by The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and Texas Education Agency, provides valuable information for student evaluation personnel who gather and disseminate information to committees making instructional decisions. The resource reviews key RTI concepts and legislation, roles of student evaluation personnel at the campus level, and discusses the use of RTI information in individual student evaluation. Additionally, the resource provides tools that may be used in the RTI process are provided and discussed.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Supporting Teachers who are Implementing Student Progress Monitoring: A Guide for Administrators
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
This session discussed issues related to successfully implementing CBM at the school or district level, including administrative leadership and support for staff. Participants learned how to structure a CBM implementation process that includes and supports teachers as they implement this important practice, as well as how CBM can fit within your Response to Intervention model. Templates for planning implementation were utilized throughout the session. In addition, this session addressed how to support the implementation of CBM in classes that have students with disabilities and/or English Language Learners.
Grade level: K-12
Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Teacher Preparation for Response to Intervention in Middle and High Schools
National Comprehensive Center on Teacher Quality
Teacher Preparation for Response to Intervention in Middle and High Schools, developed by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, presents an overview of preparation of middle and high school teachers to use Response to Intervention (RTI).
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Technical Assistance Paper - The Response to Intervention (RtI) Model
Florida Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
This technical assistance paper, from the Florida Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, delineates the purpose for RTI, explains how it should be implemented in different content areas, and discusses the use of RTI in determining eligibility for special education services.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for High School Improvement
The National High School Center
This policy brief, developed by the National High School Center, offers an overview of the major provisions of ARRA that may be used for funding high school improvement initiatives. It highlights suggestions made by the Department of Education regarding ways funds may be spent and provides best practices and resources related to these suggestions.
Grade level: 8-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, February 25, 2010
The IDEA Partnership Collection on RTI
The IDEA Partnership
A Partnership Collection, a website developed by The IDEA Partnership, provides access to a comprehensive collection of materials and resources to assist the understanding of Response to Intervention (RTI) processes. The collection is designed to assist learning about Response to Intervention and best practices for its implementation on all levels-- federal, state, and local.
Grade level: K-12
Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
The Prevention and Identification of Math Disabilities Using RtI
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
This presentation, developed by researchers at the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and given by Lynn Fuchs at the CEC conference in April 2006, provides on overview of a study in which RtI methods were implemented in first grade classrooms in six schools and focused on the improvement of math skills.
Grade level: K-3
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Resource type: PowerPoint
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The RTI Data Analysis Teaming Process
RTI Action Network
The RTI Data Analysis Teaming Process, developed by the RTI Action Network, includes information by Joseph Kovaleski and his colleagues from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania describing a Data Analysis Teaming process and providing a script for team meetings that allows all team members to be involved in planning for every student's academic performance.
Grade level: K-12
Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The Secondary Literacy Instruction and Intervention Guide
Stupski Foundation
This resource provides a clear, coherent and replicable district-level model incorporating evidence-based and research-validated literacy resources to meet the differentiated needs of struggling adolescents.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
Response to intervention (RTI) can be both a system for providing early interventions to struggling students and a special education diagnostic tool for evaluating and identifying students with specific learning disabilities. Contributing to the very limited literature on state-level approaches, this report developed by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences describes how nine states define and support RTI at the state level, based on data collected between June and August 2008.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Student Assistance Team and the Three-Tier Model of Student Intervention
New Mexico Public Education Department
The New Mexico Public Education Department has developed a manual that provides guidance and tools for its school districts and charter schools to use in order to build technically sound systems to effectively implement RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Tiered Instruction and Intervention in a Response-to-Intervention Model
RTI Action Network
Tiered Instruction and Intervention in Response-to-Intervention Models, developed by Edward S. Shapiro for the RTI Action Network, includes a detailed explanation of the multi-tiered instructional components of RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tiered Interventions in High School: Using Preliminary Lessons Learned to Guide Ongoing Discussions
Center on Instruction, National High School Center, National Center on Response to Intervention
This collaborative report from the Center on Instruction, the National High School Center, and the National Center on Response to Intervention, summarizes what the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII) has learned about effective implementation of RTI in high schools. It provides a brief description of the RTI framework and the essential components of RTI, illustrates how the essential components of RTI are implemented at eight schools, and highlights contextual factors unique to high schools as well as how these factors can affect school-level implementation of tiered interventions.
Grade level: 6-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Universal Screening for Reading Problems: Why and How Should We Do This?
RTI Action Network
Universal Screening for Reading Problems: Why and How Should We Do This, developed by Joseph R. Jenkins and Evelyn Johnson for the RTI Action Network, includes information on early screening of all students to identify those at risk for academic and/or behavior difficulties.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Website
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Using Curriculum-Based Measurement to Determine Response to Intervention
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
In this session, an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) was provided. In addition, specifics about how to use CBM in reading and math were explained for: * Identifying students in need of Tier 2 intervention, * Determining whether response to Tier 2 intervention is inadequate and therefore special education may be appropriate, * Applying CBM decision making in Tier 2 special education to formulate effective individual intervention plans, and * Determining whether Tier 3 special education response is sufficient to consider exiting special education.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Using Response to Intervention for Washington's Students
Washington State Special Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
This document was designed to explain the principles and components of the RTI process provide guidelines related to decision making within a RTI system, recommend how to use RTI data in identifying specific learning disabilities, answer common questions, and identify additional resources.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
The purpose of this practice guide, developed by IES, is to help K-12 teachers and administrators use student achievement data to make instructional decisions intended to raise student achievement. These decisions include, but are not limited to, how to adapt lessons or assignments in response to students' needs, alter classroom goals or objectives, or modify student-grouping arrangements. The guide also provides recommendations for creating the organizational and technological conditions that foster effective data use.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Friday, June 18, 2010
Utah's Three Tier Model of Reading Instruction
Utah State Office of Education
This document was developed to provide Utah educators with a process for delivering quality, research-based instruction using Utah's Core Curricula by guiding educators K-12 in implementing a 3 Tier Model of Reading Instruction.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF
Date posted on this site: Thursday, December 06, 2007
What is RTI? webinar
National Center on RTI
This webinar described basic concepts of RTI and how it can be implemented in schools. Presenter Dr. Daryl Mellard shared examples to illustrate how teams can be organized within schools to implement RTI.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
What is Scientifically-Based Research on Progress Monitoring
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
When teachers use systematic progress monitoring to track their students progress in reading, mathematics, or spelling, they are better able to identify students in need of additional or different forms of instruction, they design stronger instructional programs, and their students achieve better. This document from the National Center for Student Progress Monitoring first describes progress monitoring procedures for which experimental evidence demonstrates these effects. Then, an overview of the research is presented.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: PDF File
Date posted on this site: Tuesday, May 01, 2007