QUICK LINKS
- Center Highlights — Upcoming Webinars: RTI in Middle Schools and the Implementation of Tiered Interventions and RTI in High Schools
- Featured NCRTI Resources — Ask the Expert Video
- State Technical Assistance — REL Webinar: RTI Policies in 16 States
- Resources From Our Partners — RTI: Guiding Principles for Educators from the International Reading Association (IRA); IRA Webinar: RTI: Systemic and Collaborative; EdWeek Article: RTI Said to Pay Off in Gains for English-Learners; ASU’s Equity Alliance: 2010 Leadership for Equity and Excellence Forum
- U.S. Department of Education — Institute of Education Sciences’ Report: State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in RTI in the Six Southeast Region States
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Upcoming Webinar and RTI Talk: RTI in Middle Schools
On February 9th at 2:00 pm EST, the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) is hosting a free webinar entitled "RTI in Middle Schools." This webinar will provide an overview of a nationwide study of middle schools that exhibit exemplary RTI practices. Information will be shared about scheduling, generating staff buy-in, planning and training for RTI, and the benefits to students and staff. Challenges, next steps, and advice from several middle schools will also be shared. Our special guest presenters for this webinar will be Dr. Daryl Mellard and Sarah Prewett.
Pre-registration is not required for this free event. For more information, visit the Center’s website.
 This webinar is presented in collaboration with the RTI Action Network. On February 18th, at 3:00 pm EST, the RTI Action Network will present an RTI Talk on "Implementing RTI in Middle Schools." This companion to the February 9th webinar, "RTI in Middle Schools," will provide an opportunity for you to submit questions directly to experienced implementers regarding how RTI works in middle schools. Learn more about the RTI Talk.
Join Jeanice Kerr Swift and Lori Smith as they answer your questions about key issues related to RTI including scheduling; staff buy-in; preparation, planning and training for RTI; benefits to students and staff; challenges, and next steps. Ms. Swift and Dr. Smith will offer specific tips for how school teams can work together to introduce and sustain RTI at the middle school level.
Upcoming Webinar: The Implementation of Tiered Interventions and RTI in High Schools
The High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII) is hosting a free webinar on February 11th from 3:00pm-4:30pm EST. The webinar, entitled "The Implementation of Tiered Interventions and RTI in High Schools: A Summary of Findings from the HSTII," will provide an overview of the information gathered from numerous interviews and eight high school site visits conducted by HSTII staff. Specifically, Dr. Lou Danielson and HSTII staff representatives from three centers will share information on how RTI essential elements can be implemented in high schools. In addition, they will discuss some of the issues and considerations commonly associated with RTI implementation in high schools, and how contextual factors specific to high school settings make RTI implementation increasingly complex and challenging. The presentation, suitable for anyone interested in RTI and tiered interventions at the high school level, will be followed by a question and answer session. HSTII, a collaboration among the National Center on Response to Intervention, the National High School Center, and the Center on Instruction, explores how RTI and tiered interventions are being implemented at the high school level.
Click here to register for this free event.
Did you miss one of our webinars? See all of NCRTI’s previous webinars, on our website.
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Ask the Expert Video
 "What work or research is currently being done around secondary RTI that we will see in the future?" Watch the video of Dr. Donald Deshler, Director of the Center for Research on Learning (CRL) and Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas, as he answers this question in the fifth installment of the Center’s Ask the Expert video series.
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REL Webinar: Response-to-Intervention Policies in 16 States
 On January 28th, researchers at the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands (NEI) and REL West hosted a webinar to discuss their review of state education agency (SEA) policies and supports for RTI in 16 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington. The webinar drew on two reports recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES): "Features of state response to intervention initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region states"  and "The status of state-level response to intervention policies and procedures in the West Region states and five other states."
The archived webinar will be posted on the REL-NEI website.
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RTI: Guiding Principles for Educators from the International Reading Association
 The International Reading Association’s (IRA) Response to Intervention Commission recently released the document “Response to Intervention: Guiding Principles for Educators from the International Reading Association,” which outlines a set of principles to further clarify issues related to RTI with respect to language and literacy. The principles are intended to serve as a guide for those concerned with developing and implementing an RTI approach to improving the language and literacy learning of all students. Click here to view, download, and print the document as a PDF file. Click here for information on a webinar that IRA hosted on February 2nd to discuss the guiding principles for RTI.
IRA Webinar: RTI: Systemic and Collaborative
On February 24th at 8:00 pm EST, the International Reading Association’s (IRA’s) Commission on RTI is hosting a webinar entitled “RTI: Systemic and Collaborative.” This webinar will focus on the systemic nature of RTI and the need for collaborative engagement. It will also discuss specific strategies for initiating and sustaining comprehensive RTI efforts. Administrators and reading specialists may be particularly interested in participating in this webinar to learn about practical ways to get started with RTI. To register for this webinar, email irawash@reading.org. For more information on the webinar, visit IRA’s website.
EdWeek Article: RTI Said to Pay Off in Gains for English-Learners
 This recent EdWeek article describes how the use of response to intervention with English language learners (ELLs) in California’s Chula Vista Elementary School District has led to a significant increase in the students’ reading and math test scores. Using RtI with ELL students in Chula Vista has improved the quality of core instruction, or Tier 1 instruction, to meet the needs of ELLs. Also, third-tier instruction is aimed at ensuring a language barrier is not being mistaken for a learning disability, which would result in a student being placed in special education. To read this article and learn more about Chula Vista’s implementation of RtI with ELLs, visit EdWeek's website.
ASU’s Equity Alliance: 2010 Leadership for Equity and Excellence Forum
 From February 16-17th, the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University (ASU) is hosting the 2010 Leadership for Equity and Excellence Forum entitled “Reinvesting in Equity: Building Bridges and Tearing Down Walls." Educators, policymakers, students, and other interested individuals from around the country will gather to share current research and best practices about building and strengthening systems of educational equity. Areas of focus include civil and educational rights, disproportionality in special education, school-family partnerships, organizing schools for inclusive education, and more. For more information on the forum and to register, visit Equity Alliance’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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