RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI)

MASFPSLANSING, MICHIGANNOVEMBER, 2008Leigh ManasevitBrustein & Manasevit3105 South Street NW Washington, DC 20007(202) 965- 3652www.bruman.comlmanasevit@bruman.com

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RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION

How it may be part of a federal program

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RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION-RTI-

What is it?What are the implications for Federal Fund expenditures?

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RTI: What Is It?4

Early intervention though a tiered model to provide appropriate instruction

Utilization of scientific research based instructional techniques

Decision making based on the response to the intervention

RTI: What Does It Do?5

Predicts At Risk students Provides early and individualized

research based interventions May avoid over identification as

disabled

RTI: Generally Structured into Tiers

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Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1

Specialized Highly Individualized Intervention (Instruction)At Risk LD & SLD-More Intense

SupportIdentifies Students who do not respond to intervention of Tier 2 and refers to Tier 3General Education Program-

predicts At Risk Students for Tier 2

RTI – Implications for Federal Funds

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WRONG – Can I use federal funds to pay for RTI?

RIGHT – Can RTI be an allowable part of a federally funded program?

Examples of Federal Programs Where RTI Might Fit:

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IDEA NCLB Title I, Part A Title III

RTI9

IDEA Early Intervening Services

(EIS) (15% LEA Grant) Voluntary unless

significant dis-proportionality

RTI10

EIS-Eligible Student K-12 (Emphasis on K-3) who

are not currently identified as IDEA eligible, but who need additional academic and behavioral support

RTI11

RTI for EIS eligible students Additional Behavior / Education

Support

Success Evaluation for IDEA

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IDEA LEA flow through funds (not EIS

funds) eligible students – identified as IDEA Eligible (have IEPs)

Eligible uses (services) special education and related services consistent with IEP

Question: Are the RTI services part of IEP?

RTI13

NCLB Title I, Part A WRONG - Can I use Title I funds to

pay for RTI? RIGHT – Can RTI be part of a Title

I, Part A program?

RTI in Title I, Part A Programs14

Title I, Part A programs Targeted Assistance Schoolwide

RTI15

Title I, Part A Targeted Assistance Title I services only for eligible

students

Targeted Assistance Schools (TAS)16

Must identify eligible students: Students failing, or most at risk of

failing, to meet the state’s challenging student academic achievement standards

Migrant Neglected and Delinquent Homeless Head Start, Even Start, Early

Reading First

TAS Eligibility17

Identifying eligible students: Multiple, educationally related, objective criteria developed by LEA

If preschool-grade 2, judgment of teacher, interviews with parents, and other developmentally appropriate means

Eligibility is not based on poverty

Components of TAS18

Use resources to help ID’d students Incorporate into existing planning Effective methods and instructional

strategies based on scientifically based research Extended learning time Accelerated, high quality curriculum Minimize removal from classroom

during regular hours Does RTI fit here?

Components of TAS (cont.)19

Coordinate with regular ed program Highly qualified teachers Professional development Parental involvement Coordinate with other federal, state,

and local services and programs

Schoolwide20

Consolidate federal, state, and local funds to upgrade the entire educational program Except Reading First

Ensure all children meet standards, particularly those most at risk

Requirement: 40% poverty Schoolwide plan

Schoolwide Flexibility21

Exemption from program requirements Not IDEA Other exceptions (health, safety,

parental) Must meet “intents and purposes” of

program – Does RTI meet intents and purposes of any of the consolidated programs?

Not required to ID particular children or provide only extra services

Components of SWP22

One year planning period1. Needs assessment2. Schoolwide reform strategies that:

a. Increase the amount & quality of learning time (extended year, before- and after-school)

b. Address needs of all, but particularly low-achieving

Components of SWP (cont.)23

3. Instruction by “highly qualified” teachers4. Professional development5. Strategies to attract high quality teachers6. Parental involvement7. Transition from pre-school8. Include teachers in assessment decisions9. Timely, effective additional assistance10. Coordination and integrationIs RTI part of the schoolwide program?

Heightened Federal Monitoring on SWP

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OIG monitoring: Description of how school implement components Description of how school will use resources to

implement List of SEA and LEA programs and other federal

programs that will be consolidated Description of how school will provide individual

academic assessments results in language parent can understand, including interpretations of results

Close attention to plan development requirements:

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Developing over one-year period Developed with involvement of

parents and other members of the community, including teachers, principals, administrators, etc

In effect for duration of school’s participation

Available to LEA, parents, and the public in understandable and uniform format

If appropriate developed in coordination with RF, ERF, Even Start, Perkins, and Head Start

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Title III Can RTI be a part of a Title III

program? What are allowable activities?

Increasing student academic achievement

Effective instructional strategies Intensified instruction

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Title III Who are eligible Title III students?

Limited English Proficient Students

General Considerations28

RTI Scientifically Based Research –

instructional or other methodologies paid in Federal Funds – must be based on scientifically Based Research

RTI General Considerations29

Supplement NOT Supplant EIS LEA Flow Through Title I Targeted Assistance Title I Schoolwide

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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Presume supplanting in 3 situations:1. Used federal funds to provide services the

SEA or LEA is required to make available under other federal, state or local laws

2. Used federal funds to provide services the SEA or LEA provided with state or local funds in the prior year

Some programs (IDEA, Title V) will presume if used other federal funds in the prior year

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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Used Title I, Part A or Migrant Education Program (MEP) funds to provide the same services to Title I or MEP students that the LEA or SEA provides with state or local funds to nonparticipating students

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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IDEA EIS – must supplement any ESEA

EIS services [34 CFR 226(e)] No supplement not supplant

requirement for state/local funds [34 CFR 208 (a)]

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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IDEA Flow Through Rules

Normal non-supplant applyCaution – remember IDEA non-supplant INCLUDES Federal

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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Title I, Part A Targeted AssistanceA. Must be a Supplemental ServiceB. Must be a Supplement

Expenditure

RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

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NOT A – Modified B -

The LEA must ensure that the SW gets all the State and local funds it would have received were it not a Title I SW school. (E-18 February 2008 Fiscal Guidance http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/fiscalguid.doc)

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RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant

Title IIISupplement State, Local and Federal Funds

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Supplant Caution

Cannot Provide Title I Schools with Title I Funded Services

If Non-Title I Get Same Services (Limited Exception Only)

QUESTIONS???

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