National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI)

This 2003 paper and presentation were given as a discussant response to papers on screening for secondary intervention by David Francis, Joe Jenkins, and Deborah Speece. They outline the other presenters’ main points, then discuss early screening, progress monitoring, and tiered intervention in detail with case studies. The paper and presentation were given by Barbara Foorman of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston at the 2003 Responsiveness to Intervention Symposium, hosted by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities. All symposium presentations are posted on our website here.

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This resource is part of a broader manual which can be found here. This section of the RTI Manual defines school-wide screening, outlines important features of a screening process, describes the role screening plays within an RTI model and its significance, provides detailed information about implementation, and lists resources for obtaining further information.

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This Powerpoint presentation by Hugh Catts is one of several sessions that were presented at the National SEA Conference on SLD Determination.  It discusses school-wide screening and the importance of accuracy, what to measure, a few current screening tools that are available, and the new directions in research. Additional sessions from the conference can be viewed here.

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The overall goals fo this five-year project (2002-2006), which was conducted by Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D. at the University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts, Were:

• To develop, evaluate, and disseminate a school-based model for the prevention of reading disabilities:
• To develop a three-tiered intervention model to support students at risk for developing reading disabilities; and
• To reduce the number of students identified for special education based on reading disabilities.

Research Example: Math Study

The resource is part of a broader manual which can be found at http://nrcld.org/rti_manual/. This section of the RTI Manual profiles information from some of the schools that engage in commendable RTI practices. Part One features schools that have implemented one or more of the RTI components. Part Two describes longitudinal data from individual students who have received services under an RTI delivery model. Part Three describes research studies that have employed RTI models.

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In 2002, the U.S. Department of Education asked NRCLD to identify, describe, and evaluate responsiveness to intervention in elementary schools. Working with the six Regional Resource Centers, the Center identified potential sites and solicited school participation. The Center initially considered more than 60 schools across the country; 41 of those schools submitted information. NRCLD research staff reviewed the extensive information from these schools and judged that 19 of them engaged in one or more of the following commendable practices: school-wide screening, progress monitoring, tiered service delivery, data-based decision making, parent involvement, and fidelity of implementation.

The Center has drawn on this work to provide real-life examples of components of RTI service delivery models. For each of these components, we describe one or more schools using an RTI service delivery model and discuss their implementation process for the specific component.

• School-Wide Screening

• Progress Monitoring

• Tiered Service-Delivery model

• Data-Based Decision Making

• Fidelity of Implementation

March 25, 2009 

Watch the recording and view the presentation slides (see below) that were presented by Dr. Heistad. At this webinar, universal screening measures, their use, and how to establish district benchmarks were described. Real-life examples and resources from schools using universal screening measures were also presented.

Webinar Recording   PDF Version  Follow-Up Q & A