Response to Intervention

By Kristy Shinaver

What is Response to Intervention (RtI)?

A multi-tiered method of service delivery in which all students are provided an appropriate level of evidence-based instruction based on their academic needs

Involves frequent assessment of students’ progress, data-based decision making, and placement of students within a range of instructional supports

What do we need to be able to implement a Response to Intervention model?

Assessment system that includes periodic universal screening and frequent/continuous progress monitoring

Instructional system that includes scientifically supported core curriculum and scientifically supported Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions

Data management and decision making system that includes methods for organizing data and a “play book” for making decisions

Examples of Assessment Systems used for RTI

DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

AIMSweb

Tier 1 – All StudentsHigh Quality Standards – Aligned

Curriculum and Instruction

High quality differentiated instruction Scientifically-based Reading and Math

instruction (NCLB requirement) Proactive assessment practices

(universal screening) for early identification of students needing more intensive instruction and intervention to accelerate progress

Information from ODE

Tier 2 – Targeted/Supplemental Intervention for some students

(about 10 – 15 % of students)

Supplemental interventions that are data-driven, research-based and automatically provided

Interventions delivered through flexible scheduling, and flexible use of resources

Regular monitoring of student progressInformation from ODE

Tier 3 – Individualized Intensive Interventions for a Few Students

(about 1 – 5 % of students) Individualized interventions for the most severe

academic problems Very frequent progress monitoring Use of data gathered through targeted and

intensive interventions can be used to determine eligibility for special education and the ongoing provision of these interventions within special education if a student is determined to be a student with a disability

Information from ODE

Why RTI?

An emphasis on early intervention and prevention --It is more effective to identify and intervene with student needs earlier than to remediate later

Eliminates poor instructional quality as an explanation for learning problems (curriculum/content – not necessarily the teacher)

Effects of RTI: Growing the Green

Strengthen core instruction

Improves prevention efforts

Decreases the number of students needing intensive intervention

Red1-5%

Yellow10 – 15%

Green80 – 90%

RTI is a Framework – Not a Program

It brings together general, special, compensatory, and gifted education with the goal of providing a system of education that meets the needs of all students

It is also not a special education initiative

However, the data gathered during the RTI process can also be used as part of a comprehensive evaluation to determine if a student has a specific learning disability

How RTI will be implemented in Swanton Tier 1: all students will receive core curriculum

(Haughton-Mifflin) and DIBELS ORF assessment 3 times each year

Tier 2: yellow zone students will receive core curriculum and Read Naturally plus progress monitoring

Tier 3: red zone students will receive core curriculum, diagnostic testing to determine what targeted interventions are needed, and weekly progress monitoring to see if intervention should continue or be altered

Where Can I Find Resources to Support RTI Implementation?

RTI Action Network: http://www.rtinetwork.org National Center on Response to Intervention:

http://www.rti4success.org Response to Intervention Blueprint Series:

http://www.nasde.org National Center on Student Progress

Monitoring: http://www.studentprogress.org/default.asp

Research-Based Literacy Instruction and Interventions University of Oregon – Big Ideas in Beginning

Reading: http://reading.uoregon.edu The Florida Center for Reading Research:

www.fcrr.org The Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and

Language Arts: http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/materials

Research-Based Literacy Instruction and Interventions cont.

Stupski Foundations – Secondary Literacy Instruction and Intervention: http://www.stupski.org/puplications.htm

Intervention Central: http://www.interventioncentral.org