On Tuesday, 4 Noember 2014, Jim Wright presented the workshop RTI: Selected Topics for RTI Implementation Team members from the Three Village School District in East Setauket, NY.
Here are resources shared at the workshop:
- PowerPoint: RTI: Selected Topics [1]
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RTI: An Introduction
- New York State Education Department Guidance Document on RTI. [3] Released in October 2010, this NYSED guidance document provides a guide to schools at any grade level in how to structure their RTI model and services.
- NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center [4]. This site provides resources and guidance for NYS schools on implementation of RTI.
- NYSED 2008 RTI Guidance Memo. [5] This memo presents the main points of the Regents Policy Framework on RTI for schools.
- NYSED Part 100 Regulations on RTI. [6] This subsection of Part 100.2 (NYSED regulations) describes expectations for RTI for all schools.
- RTI Readiness Checklist. [7] This checklist from the NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center allows schools to self-administer a quick 'RTI Readiness Check'.
Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [9]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [10]
- Definitions: Core Instruction, Academic Interventions, Accommodations, Modifications [11]
Tier 2: Supplemental Intervention: Standard -Treatment Protocol
- Building & District RTI Resource Inventory Form. [ [12]RTF/MS Word format]
[12] - Tier 2: Data Analysis Team Process Script (Kovaleski & Pederson, 2008): [13][RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Form: Intervention Programs at a Glance Organizer [14] [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [15]. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & 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 [16]. 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 Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. [17] Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.
Tier 3: Intensive Intervention: Problem-Solving Protocol
- Tier 3: RTI Team Roles [18]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form [19]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script [20]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Companion Guide' [21]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Elementary [22]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Minutes Forms: Secondary [23]
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist [24]
Schoolwide Screeners
- Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [27] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.
Screening resources for secondary schools:
- Existing Data: Creating a Screening Plan for Your Middle or High School [28]
- Student Engagement Instrument ( [29]screener suitable for middle/high school)
- Scholastic Reading Inventory [30] (example of adaptive reading screener that can be used by secondary schools)
Academic Interventions
Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:
- Intervention Central [32]
- Evidence-Based Intervention Network [33]
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction [34]
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- Spelling: Cover-Copy-Compare [37]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Spelling & Sight Words [38]
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [39] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program [40]
- Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading [41]
- Click or Clunk: Self-Monitoring Understanding of Text [42]
- Beep Tapes: Audio Files with Fixed Interval Tones [43]
- Text Lookback [44]
- Question Generation [45]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [46] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension: Description [47]
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase (RAP) Interactive Worksheet [48]
- Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension: Description [49]
- Ask-Read-Tell: Interactive Worksheet [49]
- Math Facts: Cover-Copy-Compare [54]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Horizontal Math Facts [38]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts [55]
- Math Racetrack (Interactive Form) [56]
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [57]
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay [58]
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [59]
- Math Graphics: Question-Answer Relationships [60]
- Word Problems: Cognitive/Metacognitive Strategy in 7 Steps [61]
Data Collection
- Setting Individual RTI Academic Performance Goals for the Off-Level Student Using Research Norms [62]
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CBM Directions & Norms |
 CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency |
Letter Name Fluency Generator [63] | LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [64] |
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 CBM: Early Math Fluency |
Early Math Fluency Generator [69] | Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [70] |
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CBM: Oral Reading Fluency
BM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)
CBM: Math Computation
CBM: Written Expression
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Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Behavior Report Card Maker [81]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [80]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [83]