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National Center on RTI Leading RTI Strand at CEC 2010 Convention
 The NCRTI will lead a conference strand at the upcoming Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2010 Convention, to be held April 21st-24th in Nashville, Tennessee. The strand, entitled "Response to Intervention in Elementary Schools: Scaling-Up Evidence-Based RTI Frameworks with Diverse Students," is scheduled for Friday, April 23rd, from 8:30am to 2:15pm. The strand will have four sessions:
- Federal, State, and Local Perspectives on Data-Driven Expectations for Successful RTI Implementation
- Evidence-Based Standards for RTI Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Tier 2 Instruction
- State and Local Experiences in Identifying, Implementing, and Sustaining Evidence-Based RTI
- Promising Approaches to Using RTI in Response to Minority Student Disproportionality
For more information on the Center's strand, visit CEC's website. The Center will also have a booth at the CEC Convention Expo (Booth #450). Visit our booth to find the most up-to-date information on RTI and learn what our Center can do to support you in your RTI efforts.
Upcoming Webinar: RTI and Instructional Coaching: An Overview
On Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm ET, the NCRTI is hosting a free webinar entitled, "RTI and Instructional Coaching: An Overview." For the past decade, researchers and practitioners at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning have been developing and evaluating a model for providing onsite professional learning. The study identified several activities that instructional coaches employ to facilitate teachers’ learning new teaching practices, including the implementation of RTI. During this webinar, special guest presenter, Dr. Jim Knight, of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, will discuss the components of coaching identified by the study. He will also address the partnership principles that represent the theoretical framework for this approach to coaching and the value of coaching within an RTI framework.
Pre-registration is not required for this free event. For more information, visit the Center's website.
Did you miss one of our webinars? See all of NCRTI's previous webinars, on our website.
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Center on Instruction: RTI Classification Tool and Resource Locator (RTI CTRL)
 This resource from the Center on Instruction (COI) contains both an online self-assessment tool and a resource filtering tool that state education agencies can use to determine their level of RTI implementation and find resources that match their needs. The self-assessment tool gauges a state’s level of RTI implementation based on responses to a short series of questions. The results subsequently generate a list of the most useful and relevant resources for the state from the collection of research-based resources currently posted on COI’s website. To access the RTI CTRL tool, click on http://www.rtictrl.org.
RTI Action Network: Tiered Instruction and Intervention in a Response-to-Intervention Model
 This article, written by Dr. Edward Shapiro of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice, discusses key elements to providing tiered instruction and intervention in an RTI model including the differentiation between tiers, collaboration across all education professionals in the building, and the establishment of a workable schedule that maximizes school personnel resources. The article includes a sample school schedule using a daily time block for tiered instruction. To read the article, visit the RTI Action Network website.
IRA Survey: RTI Identified as the "Hottest of the Very Hot" Topics in Literacy
 According to the 2010 "What's Hot" survey, which is conducted annually by the International Reading Association (IRA), RTI is the hottest of the "very hot" literacy topics. The survey asked 25 literacy leaders to rate different literacy topics by the level of attention that they are currently receiving. RTI, which was also ranked among the hottest topics in the 2009 survey, was identified by the respondents as the "hottest of the very hot" topics this year due to the attention it is receiving in relation to the over identification of students for special education in the United States. To download the "What's Hot" chart detailing the 2010 survey results, click here. For more information on the 2010 "What's Hot" survey, visit IRA’s website.
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This is the National Center on Response to Intervention's monthly e-newsletter, the RTI Responder! We share the latest research findings about RTI, related information from our partners and the federal Technical Assistance and Dissemination network, as well as the policies, strategies, and techniques that states have developed to implement an RTI model.We hope that you find this newsletter pertinent and informative.
The National Center on RTI Staff
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