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Best Practices in Secondary Math Interventions (7-12): Jim Wright

On T 22 October 2013, Jim Wright presented on the topic Best Practices in Secondary Math Interventions (7-12) in Bloomington, MN. The workshop was sponsored by Wisconsin Educational Resources, LLC.

Here is the PowerPoint and handout shared at the workshop:

Below are additional web links and resources discussed at the workshop--organized according to RTI teacher goal.

GOAL 1: Creating a Supportive Math Instructional Environment. The math classroom that offers explicit instruction, accommodations, and strong core math instruction can reach the widest range of struggling learners.

National Math Advisory Panel Report. This 2008 report reviews the research in effective math instruction.
What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools. This manual outlines 8 recommendations for effective core math instruction.
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Developing Children's Rational Number Sense: A New Approach and an Experimental Program.[Dissertation]. Written by J. Moss, this document outlines an approach to teaching students rational numbers that emphasizes linear measurement and decimals as starting points.

GOAL 2: Obtaining or Developing Classroom Formative Math Assessments. Teachers who can measure student math skills formatively can efficiently adjust instruction to meet the needs of a wider range of math learners.

Screening/Progress-Monitoring

Basic Facts. You can create free math computation worksheets (to be administered under timed or untimed conditions) at these two sites: (1) Intervention Central Math Worksheet Generator; (2) SuperKids.com Math Worksheets.
Algebra Assessment & Instruction: Meeting Standards. The website provides brief progress-monitoring forms of algebra assessments that can be used to track the progress of an entire class at Tier 1 or specific students on Tier 2/3 algebra interventions. [This is a pay site.]. You can view sample measures for the Algebra Basic Skills, Algebra Foundations, and Algebra Content Analysis.
Math Concepts & Applications (easycbm.com). The student completes mixed problems that sample (1)Algebra;(2) Geometry & Measurement; (3) Data Analysis, Number Operations & Algebra. Items correspond to the NCTM Math Focal Points.
MAP ‘Classroom Challenges’ Formative Assessment Lessons. These MS and HS math lessons are designed to give teachers real-time information about student understanding and mastery of 2 kinds of lessons: Problem Solving and Concept Development
MAP Prototype Summative Assessment Tests. These ambitious tests are models for what MS and HS math assessments may look like in the era of the ambitious Common Core State Standards.
National Center on RTI: Screening and Progress-Monitring Tools Charts.

GOAL 3: Developing a Math 'Intervention Menu'. Math teachers who have at their fingertips a range of research-based intervention ideas can better meet the needs of struggling students.

How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas
How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions'
Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [in RTF/MS Word format]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.

Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:

Accommodations Finder. This free application allows the user to browse a set of 60+ classroom accommodations to put together a unique plan for a struggling learner.

Here are websites that feature information about Tier 2/3 Math Progreams:

Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.

Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .

Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on RTI Instructional Intervention Tools Chart. Sponsored by the National Center on RTI, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.

GOAL 4: Enlisting the Student as a Motivated, Self-Managing Learner. The teacher who can motivate a struggling student to take increased responsibility for his or her own math learning has a greater likelihood of success.

Preventing Students from Falling Behind Through Proactive Teacher Communication
Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help Students to Become Effective Self-Managing Learners
Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker. The Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker provides a starter set of strategies to address (1) homework: (2) note-taking; (3) organization; (4) study skills; & (5) time management. Teachers can use the application to create and print customized checklists and can also save their checklists online.

Developing Children's Rational Number Sense: A New Approach and an Experimental Program.