Spectrum K12 Response to Intervention (RTI) Solution Passes 400,000 Student Milestone
Posted by Beth DuBose on Mar 09, 2010
EXCEED™ RTI Software Selected By K-12 School Districts in 8 States and the District of Columbia
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RSSRace to the Top Finalists Announced
Posted by Beth DuBose on Mar 05, 2010
The finalists for the highly sought after $4 billion in Race to the Top grants were announced Thursday, March 4. The list was longer than anticipated with 15 states and the District of Columbia now in the running.
Spectrum K12’s EXCEED™ Selected Finalist in 3 Categories for 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards
Posted by Beth DuBose on Feb 25, 2010
Spectrum K12 School Solutions announced today that their EXCEED™ Student Achievement Manager software has been selected as a finalist for a 2010 CODiE Award in three separate categories; “Best Classroom Management Solution”, “Best Education Solution”, and Best K-12 Enterprise Solution”. Spectrum K12 is one of only 5 companies named as a finalist in three or more categories from a total of 124 companies who submitted nominations.
Response to Intervention in Secondary schools
Posted by Beth DuBose on Feb 24, 2010
The National Center on Response to Intervention interviewed Dan Deshler about what work or research is currently being done around secondary RTI that we will see in the future.
Scaling Beyond the RTI Pilot
Posted by Beth DuBose on Feb 23, 2010
Machele Stefhon had a great session last week with over 30 educators that attended the Scaling the RTI Pilot: Steps to Implementing a District RTI Initiative webinar.
Obama is pushing for additional funding for education
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 29, 2010
In the State of the Union address on Thursday, January 27, 2010, President Obama discussed a $4 billion increase in the education budget. A large part of the billion dollar increase, $1.35 billion, will go to increasing the amount of funding in the Race to the Top funds. As well as increasing funding, he will also have these grants, originally limited to states, opened up to school districts.
Tiered Instruction is an Essential Component in a Response to Intervention Model
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 28, 2010
It seems that when we think of RTI we focus the discussion on universal screening and progress monitoring. Though these are very important, the core of RTI is the instruction that is provided to the student. Universal screening is important because it helps us determine where our students are struggling so we know what instruction to provide. Progress monitoring is important because it shows us if the instruction that is provided is helping the student meet their goals. Without appropriate and effective instruction, students will not progress.
Making Data Matter: Tools to Accelerate Achievement
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 22, 2010
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Great resource for Reading intervention lessons
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 22, 2010
Read Write Think was created by the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Verizon Foundation to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction.
Making Decisions About Adequate Progress in Tier 2
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 21, 2010
This article, by Douglas Dexter and Dr. Charles Hughes of Penn State University, discusses the identification of students not progressing adequately in Tier 2 of an RTI model, and provides recommendations to improve Tier 2 instruction and identify those students needing Tier 3 interventions.