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NCRTI Staff Present at OSEP’s Project Directors’ Conference
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Follow NCRTI on Twitter and Facebook!
 We invite you to become our fan on Facebook and follow our tweets on Twitter! Our presence on these social networking sites will serve as a new way for you to stay connected to and communicate with the Center, and learn more about our current work, events and activities.
Join us for the Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) Summer Series
Over the course of the summer, we have been hosting a series of free webinars on Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM). Through this series, we are sharing what CBM is, how to administer it, and how to use the data you collect in a response to intervention framework. If you missed the first two webinars of the series, you can view them online anytime.
Webinar Series:
The final webinar will be held from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern Time on August 11th. Pre-registration is not required for this free event.
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New REL Report on the Status of State-level RTI Policies and Procedures
 The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance within the Institute of Education Sciences has released a report from REL West, "The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States." Contributing to the very limited literature on state-level RTI approaches, this report describes how nine states define and support RTI at the state level. Click here to view, download and print the report as a PDF file.
CEC RTI Blog: Exploring Response to Intervention
 The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) RTI Blog invites leading experts on RTI to share their thoughts and insights on RTI, its implementation, and how it is affecting educational practice. This month the blog is hosted by Dr. Patti Ralabate, a special and gifted education policy analyst with the National Education Association (NEA). Past blogs have highlighted CEC’s newsletter and web seminars related to RTI, and other RTI resources. Also, in May, the blog featured Joseph Kovaleski, a psychology professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and co-principal investigator of the Pennsylvania RTI Project. In his blogs, Dr. Kovaleski addressed the critical components of RTI, screening, and progress monitoring, among other RTI topics. To access the blog, visit the CEC RTI Blog website.
NCLD Archived RTI Talk: Effective Teaming and Collaboration within RTI
 In this RTI Talk, hosted by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) on June 4th, Principal Jonathan Ross and members of the RTI team from Drexel Hill Middle School, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, shared lessons learned and important outcomes after two years of RTI implementation. The team also answered questions about school-wide approaches to collaboration and teaming to meet the needs of all learners within a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. Click here to access the transcript of this RTI Talk.
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Alexa E. Posny Nominated as Assistant Secretary for OSERS
 On July 7th, President Obama nominated Alexa E. Posny as Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, in the U.S. Department of Education. Currently, Dr. Posny serves as Commissioner of Education for the State of Kansas. Previously, she was appointed as the Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for the U.S. Department of Education in 2006; in this position, she assisted state and local efforts to effectively educate all children and youth with disabilities. Dr. Posny is also recognized for her work promoting the Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS), a continuum of evidence-based, system-wide practices to support a rapid response to academic and behavioral needs, and for laying the groundwork for the 2007 RTI Summit in Washington D.C. Click here to read the official White House press release that includes her nomination.
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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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focused on the evidence-based TA strategies NCRTI uses to support state scale-up efforts related to RTI. The second session, 
