Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 06, 2009
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy examined 11 high schools in 9 districts in Massachusetts. These high schools have recently reduced their dropout rates by using strategic interventions designed for their at-risk students. By identifying students that were at-risk of dropping out, these high schools were able to develop targeted interventions for these students.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Mar 04, 2009
The other day we looked at how Universal Screening is one element that schools and districts must consider when developing their RTI implementation plan. Another element is Progress Monitoring. Many questions arise when developing your Progress Monitoring plan.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Mar 02, 2009
Response to Intervention is an important process that a lot of schools and districts have or are planning to adopt. Yet, some districts and schools are having a hard time determing what elements should make up their RTI plan. One of those elements that many are struggling with is Universal Screening. When should we do it? What should we use? How many times should the students be screened?
Posted by Beth DuBose on Feb 17, 2009
President Obama signed the Economic Stimulus Bill today under which K-12 public schools will receive a substantial funding increase for FY2009 and FY2010. Two areas that stand to receive a significant funding boost are Title I and IDEA.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 14, 2009
Reading seems to be a primary focus for districts when first starting their Response to Intervention implementation. There are many resources available on interventions for reading, but what about math?
Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 12, 2009
The U.S. Department of Education has published a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Implementing Response to Intervention (RtI) Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds – Key Issues for Decision-makers.”
Posted by Beth DuBose on Dec 16, 2008
The National Center on Learning Disabilities developed a brief on what parents should expect with the Response to Intervention process and provides tips for parents. They provide information to parents on what RTI is and what to expect when attending a RTI meeting or receiving information from the school on RTI.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Dec 12, 2008
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has released guidance to provide states with information regarding the appropriate use of funds provided under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by local education agencies to develop and implement coordinated early intervening services (CEIS) for students who are not currently identified as needing special education.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Dec 10, 2008
The National Center on Response to Intervention, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office and Special Education Programs and managed by the American Institutes for Research in collaboration with researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, provides technical assistance (TA) support to each of the 50 states and 9 territories across the country. In collaboration with state RTI leadership teams and others, the Center has confirmed that 8 states will receive intensive TA supports that will help them to plan, implement and evaluate their RTI initiatives. The states receiving intensive TA are Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
Posted by Beth DuBose on Nov 13, 2008
After a discussion in our webinar yesterday, I wanted to gather some information about Tiered instruction and how interventions are not supposed to replace the core instruction, but to supplement it. Atlas Initiative has a video on YouTube describing a 3 tiered model of intervention, and what is typically found at each of those three levels. In their explanation, they enforce that if a child is getting small group instruction in Tier 2, they should still be getting the core instruction from Tier 1 as well. Their example shows the student receiving 90 minutes of core reading instruction in Tier 1 with an additional 30 minute small group intervention for Tier 2.