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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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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 Training for California Educators
California Department of Education
This web site contains an archive of the Webcast Training Series that began March 16, 2006. Top educators from across the nation provided information on implementing a multi-tier RTI system aligned with NCLB that is designed to improve child academic and behavioral outcomes. Materials related to each presentation are available under the "Materials" tab. Webcasts include: RTI-Why Now?, What is RTI?, Administrative Issues in RTI, Instruction in RTI Systems, RTI - Getting Started. Presenters in this series include Jack Fletcher, Dan Reschly, David Tilly, Sharon Kurns, and Amanda Van Der Heyden. As some of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field of Response to Intervention, their information will be invaluable to RCCs and state departments of education as they gain understanding of RTI and related implementation issues.
Grade level: K-12
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Resource type: Multiple
Date posted on this site: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
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: 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: 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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