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Implementing a Response To Intervention Model at the
Secondary LevelJohn E. McCook, Ed.D.
NEGARESADecember 3, 2008
WHY RTI?
• Einstein’s definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”
• USDOE has written the obituary for the discrepancy model– Based upon President’s Commission on Excellence– Based upon IDEIA 2004– Based upon LDA research findings
Why RTI?
• “The United States is the only country in the industrialized world where children are less likely to graduate from high school than their parents were.” New York Times, page A29, Nicholas D. Kristof, November 13, 2008. (study by Education Trust, advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.) emphasis added
The Five Phases of Implementation
• Awareness• Commitment• Capacity• Implementation• Evaluation
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Non Negotiable Components of RTI1. Universal screening
2. Multiple tiers of intervention
3. Progress monitoring
4. Problem-solving or standard protocol approach –the SAT Team
5. Integrated data collection/assessment system
6. Scientific, research-based interventions
7. Fidelity
8. Professional Development
The Secondary Problem
• Very few students enter secondary school with the pre requisite SKILLS to complete grade level work
• Many students leave secondary schools unmotivated, limited skills and very limited futures
The Critical Question
• Do YOU have students who struggle in reading?
• What are YOU DOING about it?
Brutal Facts
• Virtually all instruction in secondary school assumes competence in reading
• Virtually ALL assignments for competence at grade level require the student to read
• Parents are sending us the best they have- they are not hiding their best children at home
How Have We Handled the Issue?
• Blame – Parents– Society– Lack of work ethic– Middle school– Elementary school– Race– Low SES– Ethnicity– Etc…..
The Student Needs to “Fit” Our Model
• This is our schedule• This is how we teach• If the student is not performing---
– It is his fault– He must be disabled
What’s Broken?• High Expectations—More Rigor• Students with moderate to severe educational or
behavioral needs with large prerequisite SKILL deficits
• Students with long history of failure and/or non response to the system
• Teachers with limited support skills, instructional pedagogy and poorly designed instructional materials and support
• Driving force is state testing and graduation requirements
Adapted from Mark Shinn presentation on secondary RTI
Indicators of Broken System
• Belief that help and special education are the same• Never ending referral system for special education for
those that are hard to teach• If not Special Education, then Section 504• Teachers at SST meetings are not participatory, but
just there.• Belief that SST meetings are there to get rid of the kid• Psychologists who spend most of their time on testing
Adapted from Mark Shinn presentation on secondary RTI
Outcome Driven System: New Thoughts
Old Ways• Problems in learning means
the student has a learning problem
• Test to get help• Test to find a disease so we
can label
New Ways• Problems in learning are a
sign that there is a problem in our instructional process
• Get help before any formal “testing”- what does the test tell us and why wait to help
• Ant testing should be to identify which interventions are needed to make instruction successful
Shinn and Alan Coulter
Is There Hope?• Secondary staff care for students• Secondary personnel KNOW the system is broken• Secondary staff realize that the preservice
institutions did not prepare them for today’s students—either the diversity or the needs
• Secondary staff are willing to learn if supported• There is a better process• We can match student programs and student
needs much more effectively• We have better tools and skills
What Do We Need
• Realization that the foundation and process for middle and High requires the same beliefs, processes and tools as does elementary.– Better Tools– Better Training– Better and More Support
Awareness-The Self Study• Do I have an existing support system for intensive remedial basic
skills problems and supporting system for content learning• Are our intervention programs aligned with student needs?• Is our curriculum and instruction scientifically based?• Do we have universal screening? Scientifically based?• Are our teams functional and effective to meet student needs?• Do we have progress monitoring instruments? Scientifically based?• Have we identified what doesn’t work?• Have we identified ideas, beliefs, tools forms, programs and roles
that can be abandoned?• Do we have the commitment to make the change?• Do we have the commitment to sustain the change?• Do we have the commitment to keep from altering scientifically
based processes?
Where Do I Start?
Universal Screening• What• Scientifically based• When• Training• Use of Data• Common vocabulary
Team Process• Belief system• Training• Right persons on the bus• Use of data
Year One
• Address Tier I before you start on Tier II and above
• Develop data teams to ascertain whether we have a curriculum, instruction or student issue
• Train data teams• Common vocabulary• Develop the leadership and staff development
plan to meet needs
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Carrot
• Scores increase• Children provided interventions much earlier• Ineffectiveness of special education
– Caseload– Expectations– Delay
• Human resource effective – 30 minutes of intervention in K takes 2 hours per
day in fourth grade (National Institutes of Health study, 1999)
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Stick Approach
• IDEA ‘04 language• NCLB• Pay me now or pay me later
– Scores down– NAEP standards– Global economy– Restructuring
Awareness + Commitment= Consensus
• In order to make a systems change you must first let go of old to accept the new.
• It can not be just an add on approach
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Consensus
• Belief system changes and is shared by all• The end result is shared by all-the vision• What it is going to take to travel the road and
what the vision requires of the infrastructure to get there. (what does it take to build the plane before we fly the plane.)
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Consensus • Decisions are data based—no more “I think, I
feel…”• We are responsible for teaching ALL children
and can’t accept “sending the problem away”• There are NO excuses• We can only address what we control
(instruction, curriculum and the school environment/climate)
• Student performance is determined by the quality of our instruction/curriculum WE deliver
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Road to Consensus
• General education responsibility NOT a path to Special Education!
• Tier I is the most important tier and must be documented with data as to its effectiveness and fidelity
• Instruction is best led by formative data and the child’s response to intervention, not summative data
• Walk the walk versus talk the talk( policies consistent with beliefs and actions are consistent with policies
• Beliefs are based on research and are evidence based
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Road to Consensus
• All students are every teachers responsibility• Behavior and academics are not separate but
are inter mingled• Commitment to problem solving process
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Road to Consensus- Professional Development
• General education classroom must be based on evidence based programs and instruction
• Use of data and data teams (training)• Support processes
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Commitment by ALL• Realization that this is NOT a special education
issue• RTI is for ALL • Lead or be led
– Two data paragraphs IDEA requires before or as part of referral
– Responsibility of special education teams (case study, ARC, ARDs etc) to send back referral if no data
• Move to SHOW ME, don’t Tell Me • Common vocabulary
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Commitment by ALL
• Agreement on readiness• Staff agree to implement the model• Commitment built through:
• Understanding Need• Understanding Model• Mutual Outcomes• Development of Expertise
National Literacy Crisis
Below Basic Basic Proficient/Advanced
42%
29% 29%
8th Grade Students (2005)
(Source: National Center for Education Statistics)
Reading Math
32%29%
39%
10–(5+3)= ?
Sample Question
Guinevere went into Saul’s Bakery and spent five dollars to buy 3 packages of dinner rolls. She then went next door to the SuperShop Store and bought a container of milk for three dollars. How much money will she have left if she started with $10?
Actual State Test Example
As a Word Problem
Reading and Math: Whole Brain Learning
AuralAssociation
Number Sense
Number Recognition
WordMeaning
LetterIdentification
(D-O-G)
SoundRecognition
Unique Approach: Automaticity
Example: Read the following paragraph once to yourself, counting the number of “f”s you see:
“A large number of books I have read forged an
impression upon me that has remained to this
day. I will never forget how one book mixed fact
and fiction in recounting stories of the days when
dinosaurs roamed the earth. It was a colorful
history of where dinosaurs came from and how
they evolved. I will never forget some of the
lessons from this book.”
Reading Fluency
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“A large number of books I have read forged an
impression upon me that has remained to this
day. I will never forget how one book mixed fact
and fiction in recounting stories of the days when
dinosaurs roamed the earth. It was a colorful
history of where dinosaurs came from and how
they evolved. I will never forget some of the
lessons from this book.”
Neuroscience: Cognitive Processing
Real-time fMRI scans of the same subject: (left) heavy processing load during early skill acquisition; (right) light load when skill is “automatized”
Moderate
Heavy
Peak
Source: San Diego State University
Implementing RTI
1. Collect local norms using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes
2. Identify at-risk students3. Provide academic intervention(s)4. Monitor student progress5. Evaluate the response to the intervention(s)
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Capacity or Building Infrastructure• Common understanding of issues• Agree to redefine support team process
– Belief system– Structure– Purpose– Leadership
• Determine where you want to be in:– 6 months– 1 year– 3 years – 5 years
Do I Really Have To?
• Federal Language1) Data that demonstrates that prior to, or as a part of,
the referral process, the child was provided “appropriate instruction in regular classroom settings,” delivered by qualified personnel; and
2) Data-based documentation of repeated assessments of achievement at “reasonable intervals” which were provided to the child’s parents.
34 C.F.R. 300.309
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Do I Really Have To?
• Section 300.307(a)(2)-(3) requires that a state’s criteria for identification of SLD:– Must permit the use of a process based upon a
child’s response to scientific, research-based intervention; and
– May permit the use of other alternative research based procedures…. FAQ OSEP Question E-1:
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Capacity or Building Infrastructure
• What do we have NOW?• What do we need to get there in (time
periods)?• What do we need to do to build the road prior
to traveling the road?
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Capacity or Building Infrastructure
• Resource Needs– Staff– Materials– Time– Support– Training
• What are we willing to do when resistance occurs — or, how committed are we?
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Steps to Capacity
• Support team process• Universal screening• Data drive decisions- move from tell me what
you’ve done system to SHOW ME• Getting the data• Using the data with all staff and all staff using
the data for decision making
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Steps to Capacity
• The data define the problems• What are we going to do about it?• Determine model — protocol, problem-
solving or combination• Start redefining roles
– Job security issues– New rules-new roles
– Where does “I” fit in?
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Steps to Capacity: State- and District-Level Implementation Issues
That Must Be Addressed• Number of tiers of intervention• Duration of interventions at each tier• Criteria for entering/exiting tiers (rubric)• Criteria for sufficient/insufficient progress
(defined by state or team)• Method of universal screening and progress
monitoring• Paperwork required for documentation• Eligibility criteria for LD
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Building-Level Implementation Issues to Be Decided
• Scheduling of Intervention Time– What do I come out of to receive the
intervention?• Scheduling Meeting Times
– Regularly scheduled meetings or at need?• Scheduling Progress Monitoring
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Building-Level Implementation Issues to Be Decided
• Personnel to Conduct Interventions– Who is going to do the interventions?
• Communication with Parents– When, what, how
• Dealing with Resistance– Prepare for the enemy, he is within!
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Support Team Process
• Paradigm shift• Why do we have the support team process?• What is its purpose?• What is its effectiveness?• Who is a member of the support team?• Who leads the support team?• How often does the support team meet?
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Support Teams Under Discrepancy
• What was the purpose of support team?– Altruistic answer was to help kids succeed.– Real-life answer was “That’s how you get a kid to
special education.”
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Parent refers Support Team Teacher refers
Referral to Special Education
How did support team receive child?
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Support Team Under RTI
• Purpose is to keep child in general education classroom
• To provide interventions and measure progress in general education
• To gain buy-in from general education teacher
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How Does Child’s Situation Get to Support Team Under RTI?
Data Bring Child’s Needs to Attention of Support Team Through Benchmarks
Support Team Process
Parent Referral Teacher Referral
Vast Majority is this way.
Few come from teachers.Some come from parents.
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Why the Change in Referrals?
• Universal screening data (benchmarks) identify children in need of intervention
• Teacher supports process through classroom data
• If parent referral, then parent provides information through parent referral form
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Universal Screening
• Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) is the recommended tool to identify students who are at-risk (have low academic skills) and require interventions.
• CBM is a technically sound and thoroughly researched progress monitoring system.
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Universal Screening• CBM:
– Is a standardized test– Is given to everyone– Measures critical skills– Is brief– Can be repeated frequently– Is inexpensive and easy to administer and score– Provides data to assist with decision making at the
individual student, class, school or district level– Tells us which students are “at-risk” and need
supplemental instruction/intervention
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Universal Screening• Development of “benchmark” data norms
– Classroom– Grade level– School– District
• Benchmark data taken three times per year– Fall– Winter– Spring
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Universal Screening
• Data from benchmarks must be available to teachers, principals, and district staff and shared with parents
• Data must be “user friendly” in format
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Example of Benchmark Data
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Not Good! Look at the dropIn the spring!!!
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One of “our” students—Lookat his progress!!!
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RtI Universal Screening: Behavior
• Incorporate systematic screening tools to monitor the level of risk at a given school to identify students whose behavior patterns suggest non responsiveness
• Available tools:– Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders
(SSBD; Walker & Severson, 1992)
– Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS; Drummond, 1994)
– Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997)
– Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS; Epstein & Sharma, 1998)
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Where are the Data?
• Look at what you have – User friendly?– Quick?– Ability to track over long haul?– Ability to drill down to student and up to district
or national?
• If yes, then you have tools.• If no, then you need tools.
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Typically CBM Data Probes
When using CBM, the examiner gives the student brief, timed samples, or "probes," made up of academic material taken from the expected skills for the particular grade level.
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Reading R-CBM
This student read 72 WRC/8 Errors
What do probes look like?
Reading Comprehension Maze
15 correct with 1 error
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Math
Computation
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Math Concepts and Applications
Math Concepts and Applications
What About Behavior?
• Incorporate systematic screening tools to monitor the level of risk at a given school to identify students whose behavior patterns suggest nonresponsiveness
• Available tools:– Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders
(SSBD; Walker & Severson, 1992)
– Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS; Drummond, 1994)
– Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997)
– Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS; Epstein & Sharma, 1998)
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Summative vs. Formative Assessment
• Summative assessment occurs after instruction
• Example: “High Stakes” testing• Conducted infrequently• Does not provide teachers with ongoing
assessment data• Answers the question, “Did the students
learn?”
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Summative vs. Formative Assessment
• Formative assessment occurs during instruction
• Example: CBM probes• Conducted frequently• Provides teachers with immediate feedback
on student performance• Answers the question, “Are the students
learning?”
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CBM — Formative Assessment
• Dynamic—measures are designed to be sensitive to short-term effects of instructional interventions
• Measures fluency, which is more sensitive to change than accuracy
• As a result, CBM probes are useful for progress monitoring.
TIER 1 STANDARDS BASED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION/LEARNING
All students participate in instruction that is:-In the general education classroom
-Standards-based -Differentiated
- Evidenced-based •Guided by progress monitoring & balanced assessment
-Planned to address all developmental domains (academic, communication/language, social etc.)
The High school Problem
Special education instruction does not close gap
Weak Tier III interventions-usually content area tutoring, help with homework, etc.No Tier II
options except federal programs at best
Little focus to Tier I instruction or teacher effectiveness
TIER 1 STANDARDS BASED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION/LEARNING
All students participate in instruction that is:-In the general education classroom
-Standards-based -Differentiated
- Evidenced-based •Guided by progress monitoring & balanced assessment
-Planned to address all developmental domains (academic, communication/language, social etc.)
The Middle School Problem
Special education instruction does not close gap
Weak Tier III interventions-usually content area tutoring, help with homework, etc.No Tier II
options except federal programs at best
Little focus to Tier I instruction or teacher effectiveness
80%
15%
5%
1-5%
The Browning of America
• Diversity is the future of our educational system
• Prepare to teach students who depend almost entirely on the schools for their educational success
The NumbersLegal Immigrants:
1920-61: 206,000 annually
1961-92: 561,000 annually
1993-98: 800,654 annually
Refugees, Parolees, Asylees:
1961-93: 2.1 million (65,000 annually)
1994-98: 428,361 (85,672 annually)
Illegal Immigrants:
300,000 to 400,000 annually over the past two decades
Three million granted amnesty in 1986
2.7 million illegal immigrants remained in U.S. after 1986 reforms
October 1996: INS estimated that there were 5 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.
April 2001: Illegal population range from 7.1 to 9 million.
States Experiencing Rapid Hispanic Population Growth, 1990-1994
Percent ChangePercent Change< 28% (43)> 28% (8)
Source: Administrative Records and Methodology Research Branch, US Bureau of Census, July 1, 1994 (*population estimates).
The New Students
• Poor academic achievement• Low motivation• Anxiety• Lack of self-efficacy• Emotional problems and psychological from
reading issues
Programs to Address Needs of Our Population
• Programs designed to:– Take into account a lack of background knowledge– Delayed language development– Limited successful reading experiences
• Design programs to:– Intensive intervention for those furthest behind– Educational ICU– Educational triage
Four Types of Learners
• Advanced– At or above grade level standards– Bored?– Advanced classes– Enrichment– Tier IV opportunities in Georgia
Four Types of Learners
• Benchmark– Generally can meet standards in Tier I– Adapts to teaching style– Preventative checks every 6 weeks or so through
report cards– Have vocabulary and comprehension skills– Require occassional in class modifications
Four Types of Learners• Strategic Learners
– Somewhere between the 30th and 49th percentile– Gaps in skills– Gap in knowledge– 1-2 years behind– Basic reading skills but with limited depth, inference and
knowledge– Appears unmotivated– Content knowledge is challenging and at times
problematic– Targeted interventions-Tier II– Progress monitoring more frequently– Intervention periods or times
Four Types of Learners
• Intensive Need Learners– Below 30th percentile– Very low performance on state and formative assessments– Reading skills very limited– High level of frustration and low level of motivation– Behavior problems– Attendance issues– Lack of success in content areas– No homework– Tier III frequent weekly progress monitoring– Intervention classes during day
Present Program
• Designed to meet the need of benchmark students
New Programs
• Rethink organizational structure• Rethink schedules• Address teacher skills• Address teacher knowledge• Rethink curriculum, materials and programs
Six Reasons Programs fail
• Not all teachers receive sufficient in-service training to understand, teach and implement the new program
• No follow-up coaching during year• Grouping and scheduling requirements were not
followed• Program’s intensity not sufficient to see gain quickly• Insufficient progress monitoring• Too many initiatives going on at one time-lack of focus
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Summative vs. Formative Assessment
• Summative assessment occurs after instruction
• Example: “High Stakes” testing• Conducted infrequently• Does not provide teachers with ongoing
assessment data• Answers the question, “Did the students
learn?”
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Summative vs. Formative Assessment
• Formative assessment occurs during instruction
• Example: CBM probes• Conducted frequently• Provides teachers with immediate feedback
on student performance• Answers the question, “Are the students
learning?”
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CBM — Formative Assessment
• Dynamic—measures are designed to be sensitive to short-term effects of instructional interventions
• Measures fluency, which is more sensitive to change than accuracy
• As a result, CBM probes are useful for progress monitoring.
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Interpreting CBM
• What is an appropriate achievement level?– At-risk range may be defined differently in different
districts• What is appropriate growth?
– Adequate improvement may be defined differently in different districts.
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Responses to an Intervention?• Good Response
– Gap is closing– Can extrapolate a point at which target student
will “catch-up” to peers—even if this is a long-range target
• Questionable Response– Rate at which gap is widening slows considerably,
but gap is still widening– Gap stops widening, but closure does not occur
• Poor Response– Gap continues to widen with no change in rate
Implementing RTI
1. Collect local norms using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes
2. Identify at-risk students3. Provide academic intervention(s)4. Monitor student progress5. Evaluate the response to the intervention(s)
Identified Students For Intervention
• The previous graph clearly shows that we have a small group of students who are not performing relative to the class
• Development of “cut” scores
Implementing RTI
1. Collect local norms using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes
2. Identify at-risk students3. Provide academic intervention(s)4. Monitor student progress5. Evaluate the response to the intervention(s)
What Are Interventions?
• Targeted assistance based on progress monitoring• Administered by classroom teacher, specialized
teacher, or external interventionist• Provide additional instruction
– Individual,– Small group,– And/or technology assisted
What Are Interventions?• Match curricular materials and instructional level• Modify modes of task presentation• Cue work habits / organizational skills• Modify direct instruction time• Modify guided and independent practice• Ensure optimal pacing• May use partner reading
What Are Interventions?• Increase task structure ( e.g., directions, rationale,
checks for understanding, feedback)• Increase task relevant practice• Increase opportunities to engage in active academic
responding (e.g., writing, reading aloud, answering questions in class)
• Increase mini-lessons on skill deficits• Decrease group size• Increase the amount and type of cues and prompts
What Are Interventions?
• Teach additional learning strategies – Organizational / Metacognitive / Work habits
• Change Curriculum• Add intensive one to one or small group instruction• Change scope and sequence of tasks• Increase guided and independent practice• Change types and method of corrective feedback
Interventions are NOT• Preferential seating• Shortened assignments• Parent contacts• Classroom observations• Suspension• Doing MORE of the same / general classroom
assignments• Retention• Peer-tutoring
Written Intervention Plans
• A description of the specific intervention
• Duration of the intervention
• Schedule and setting of the intervention
• Persons responsible for implementing the intervention
• Measurable outcomes which can be used to make data-based adjustments as needed during the intervention process
• Description of measurement and recording techniques
• Progress monitoring schedule
Tier I InterventionFocus For all students
Program Scientifically Based Curricula
Grouping Multiple grouping formats to meet student needs
Time 90 minutes per day or more
Assessment Benchmark assessment at beginning, middle, and end of the academic year
Interventionist General education teacher
Setting General education classroom
Tier 1 Non-negotiables
Tier 1 STANDARDS-BASED CLASSROOM LEARNING:• All students participate in general education learning that
includes: – Universal screenings to target groups in need of specific instructional
support. – Implementation of the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) through
a standards based classroom structure. – Differentiation of instruction including fluid, flexible grouping, multiple
means of learning, and demonstration of learning.– Progress monitoring of learning through multiple formative
assessments.
Georgia DOE RTI presentation Nov 2008
Features of the TIER II Process• Purpose: To support individual students in
the general education classroom who have not met benchmarks through the whole class model of Tier I.
• Targeted Population: Students who have significantly lower levels of
performance than their peers. Students who exhibit significant deviation from
their grade level peers in academic or behavioral issues. Students who are learning at a much slower rate than their grade level peers and falling farther behind
their classmates.
Features of the TIER II Process
• • Services: Creative/flexible scheduling
to allocate sufficient time for small group instruction. Creative uses of personnel
resources, i.e., teaching styles, several people teaching reading groups.
Thirty minutes of additional instruction at least 3 times per week. Lasting from six to twelve weeks. Progress monitoring biweekly.
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Tier II Intervention Characteristics
• Intervention (additional instruction) and frequent progress monitoring (weekly and preferably 2x per week) that struggling students receive.
• Struggling students receive additional instruction.
• Instruction is provided to same-ability small groups of no more than three to five students.
Tier II: Supplemental InstructionFocus For students identified with marked difficulties, and
who have not responded to Tier I efforts
Program Programs, strategies, and procedures designed and employed to supplement, enhance, and support Tier I
Grouping Homogeneous small group instruction (1:3, 1:4, or 1:5)
Time Minimum of 30 minutes per day minimum 3 x per week in small group in addition to 90 minutes of core instruction
Assessment Progress monitoring weekly on target skill to ensure adequate progress and learning (preferably 2x weekly)
Interventionist Personnel determined by the school (e.g., a classroom teacher, a specialized teacher, an external interventionist)
Setting Appropriate setting designated by the school; may be within or outside of the classroom
Tier 2 Non-negotiables
NEEDS-BASED LEARNING:• In addition to Tier 1, targeted students participate in
learning that is different by including:– Standard intervention protocol process for identifying and
providing research based interventions based on need and resources.
– On-going progress monitoring to measure student response to intervention and guide decision-making.
Georgia DOE RTI presentation Nov 2008
Tier IIIFocus For students identified with marked difficulties, and
who have not responded to Tier I or Tier II efforts
Program Sustained, intensive scientifically based interventions
Grouping Homogeneous small group instruction (1:1, 1:2, or 1:3)
Time Minimum of three 30 minutes per day in small group or individually in addition to core instruction
Assessment Progress monitoring twice a week or at a minimum weekly on target skill to ensure adequate progress and learning
Interventionist Personnel determined by the school (e.g., a classroom teacher, a specialized teacher, an external interventionist)
Setting Appropriate setting designated by the school; may be within or outside of the classroom
Tier 3 Non-negotiables
SST-DRIVEN LEARNING:• In addition to Tier 1 and Tier 2, targeted students
participate in learning that is different by including:– Intensive, formalized problem solving to identify individual
student needs.– Targeted research based interventions tailored to
individual needs.– Frequent progress monitoring and analysis of student
response to intervention(s).
Georgia DOE RTI presentation Nov 2008
Tier 4 Non-negotiables
Georgia DOE RTI presentation Nov 2008
Implementing RTI
1. Collect local norms using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes
2. Identify at-risk students3. Provide academic intervention(s)4. Monitor student progress5. Evaluate the response to the intervention(s)
Progress Monitoring
• Is formative • Uses a variety of data collection methods• Examines student performance frequently over
time, to evaluate response to intervention in making data-based decisions
• Is on-going, systematic process for gathering data– Academic – Social– Behavioral
Progress Monitoring
• Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) is the recommended tool for measuring student response to the intervention.
Progress Monitoring
• The purpose of progress monitoring is to take frequent measures, usually weekly, of a student’s performance to determine whether he or she is making progress in response to the intervention.
• Most models that have been researched have used CBM for weekly progress monitoring.
Why Not Pre and Post Test?
Pre-Test (10 Weeks) Post-Test
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Positive Response to Intervention
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Poor RTIDr. George M. BatscheCo-Director, Institute for School ReformFlorida Problem-Solving/RtI Statewide ProjectUniversity of South FloridaTampa, Florida
Georgia DOE Presentation Nov 2008
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Positive RTI
Dr. George M. BatscheCo-Director, Institute for School ReformFlorida Problem-Solving/RtI Statewide ProjectUniversity of South FloridaTampa, Florida
Georgia DOE Presentation Nov 2008
Implementing RTI
1. Collect local norms using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes
2. Identify at-risk students3. Provide academic intervention(s)4. Monitor student progress5. Evaluate the response to the
intervention(s)
Comparison of Pre Intervention Data to Post Intervention Data
• Did it work?• Decision making rubric applied
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Tier I is Critical!!!
• Scientifically based curriculum delivered with FIDELITY
• Continues during Tier II• Continues during Tier III• The better Tier I is the fewer children will
become Tier II or Tier III!
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Tier II
• Elementary– Minimum of 30 minutes of SUPPLEMENTAL
scientifically based research intervention per day at least three days per week
– Tier I continues• Middle/High
– Minimum of a period of scientifically based intervention per day
– Middle• Usually occurs during “elective-exploratory periods”
– High• Usually a scheduled “class period” richly staffed
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Tier II ImplementationTier I Classroom
• Teacher provides scientifically based research curriculum
• Teacher provides additional help to struggling students
• Teacher takes data through classroom activities and progress monitoring for “at-risk” students prior to going to Tier II—after going to Tier II, PM done at Tier II
Tier II Intervention
• Scientifically researched intervention provided in ADDITION to classroom
• Progress monitoring occurs at least weekly and preferably twice per week
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Tier III Implementation
Tier I Classroom• Teacher provides
scientifically based research curriculum
• Teacher provides additional help to struggling students
• Teacher takes data through classroom activities and progress monitoring for “at-risk” students prior to going to Tier II—after going to Tier III, PM done at Tier III
Tier III• Tier II is deleted• At least two 30 minute
interventions for a targeted student per day for at least 45 days within 60 school days. In Middle/High staffing is increased
• Progress monitoring is twice per week
Decision Point
Student at or below 10th Percentile:
Begin the appropriate forms to take student to the S-Team
Student above 10th Percentile:
Continue working with student in the classroom
OR Go to the S-Team for
input and further assistance
Students who are less than two years behind
• Find a thirty to forty-five time period during the day to provide small group interventions
• Reduce home group by 5-7 minutes• Reduce between class time by 1-2 minutes• Reduce each period by 3-5 minutes• Yields the 30-45 minute period during the day
for enhancement, intervention or other student meetings
Decision Point for Tier 2
1) Student is at or below 10th Percentile
And2) Growth rate is less
than average
Proceed to Tier 3
3) Student achieves 25th percentile or above
Exit Tier 2
4) Some progress but above 10th percentile
Continue Tier 2
Decision Point for Tier 3
Student at or below 10th percentile
ANDGrowth rate less than
average Proceed to Tier 4
(Special Ed. Consideration)
Student making progress but above 10th percentile
Continue Tier 3 or Return to Tier 2
Student achieves 25th percentile
Exit Tiers
Summary of Recommendations regarding the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI):
• The Georgia Department of Education recommends districts and schools maintain a deep focus on the development of standards-based learning environments in all classrooms.
• The Georgia Department of Education recommends districts and schools monitor the transfer of learning from all interventions to the Tier 1 general classroom.
• The Georgia Department of Education recommends districts create a system to monitor the fidelity of implementation of instruction (including interventions) at all Tiers of the Student Achievement Pyramid of Interventions.
• The Georgia Department of Education recommends the formation of a data team at each school. • The Georgia Department of Education recommends the problem solving process checklist be used as a guide
for implementation of the problem solving process. • The Georgia Department of Education recommends the use of a blended approach (problem solving process
and standard protocol) to solving student learning concerns.• The Georgia Department of Education recommends the use of a universal screening process three times per
year.• The Georgia Department of Education recommends districts and schools use an established data-
management system to allow ready access to students’ progress monitoring data.• The Georgia Department of Education encourages districts to use evidence-based protocols to provide a
common framework for choosing evidence-based interventions.• The Georgia Department of Education recommends districts evaluate the distribution of existing funds for
supporting interventions in schools.
Georgia DOE Presentation Webinar Nov 2008