Response to I n tervention (rti) MASfps Lansing, Michigan November, 2008
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RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI)
MASFPSLANSING, MICHIGANNOVEMBER, 2008Leigh ManasevitBrustein & Manasevit3105 South Street NW Washington, DC 20007(202) 965- [email protected]
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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
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RTI: What Does It Do?5
Predicts At Risk students Provides early and individualized
research based interventions May avoid over identification as
disabled
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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
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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?
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Examples of Federal Programs Where RTI Might Fit:
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IDEA NCLB Title I, Part A Title III
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RTI9
IDEA Early Intervening Services
(EIS) (15% LEA Grant) Voluntary unless
significant dis-proportionality
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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
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RTI11
RTI for EIS eligible students Additional Behavior / Education
Support
Success Evaluation for IDEA
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RTI12
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?
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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?
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RTI in Title I, Part A Programs14
Title I, Part A programs Targeted Assistance Schoolwide
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RTI15
Title I, Part A Targeted Assistance Title I services only for eligible
students
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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General Considerations28
RTI Scientifically Based Research –
instructional or other methodologies paid in Federal Funds – must be based on scientifically Based Research
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RTI General Considerations29
Supplement NOT Supplant EIS LEA Flow Through Title I Targeted Assistance Title I Schoolwide
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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
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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
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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)]
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RTI General Supplement NOT Supplant
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IDEA Flow Through Rules
Normal non-supplant applyCaution – remember IDEA non-supplant INCLUDES Federal
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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
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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)
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QUESTIONS???
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