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.
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There are 36 resources matching your request.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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: 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: 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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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