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Monitoring Fidelity in RTI (56:15)
This webinar, led by Dr. Daryl Mellard, provided background knowledge about fidelity and how it plays an integral role within the entire RTI framework at the school and classroom levels. The webinar included examples of how to assess fidelity, and discussed resources and tools that can be used for this purpose.
Iowa’s Application of Rubrics to Evaluate Screening and Progress Tools (54:43)
In this month’s webinar, Dr. John Hosp, Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa and member of NCRTI technical review committee for screening tools, shares rubrics for evaluating screening and progress tools and describes the process used by the Iowa Department of Education to apply these rubrics in detail.
Note: Some of the stills in the webinar video may be difficult to read. The full PPT is attached here so that those slides can be followed along as the audio of the webinar is playing.
Research Examples: Math Study
The purposes of this study were to examine efficacy of first-grade preventive instruction, to assess math disability (MD) prevalence and severity as a function of method with and without instruction, and to explore pretreatment cognitive abilities associated with development.
Information Brief: Developing an RTI Guidance Document
Based on the lessons learned from providing support to states developing guidance documents, the National Center on Response to Intervention has created Developing an RTI Guidance Document. Included in this tool are frequently asked questions about guidance documents and a template to help states, districts, and schools develop their own documents.
RTI Integrity Rubric and Worksheet
The RTI Essential Components Integrity Rubric and the RTI Essential Components Integrity Worksheet are for use by individuals responsible for monitoring the school-level fidelity of Response to Intervention (RTI) implementation. They may also be used by schools for self-appraisal; however, they were not designed for compliance monitoring and therefore should not be used for this purpose. The rubric and the worksheet are designed to be used together and are aligned with the essential components of RTI.
Response to Intervention Classification Tool and Resource Locator
This tool, released by the Center on Instruction (COI) in February 2010, was created in response to requests for a tool to help states determine where they are in the process of RTI implementation and to find resources relevant to their current needs. The tool contains both an online self-assessment tool and a resource filtering tool. The self-assessment tool gauges a state’s level of RTI implementation based on responses to a short series of questions.
Response to Intervention and School-wide Positive Behavior Support (01:01:18)
This webinar, led by Dr. Rob Horner, described school-wide systems of early literacy and behavior support, which have been successfully used in over 10,000 elementary and middle schools. Data was presented on the impact of investing in preventive behavior support on both social and literacy outcomes. The topics discussed included the core features of tiered behavioral intervention systems as well as examples of strategies and implementation in elementary and middle schools.
Dialogue Guide: Classroom Assessment
This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guides takeholders through dialogue on classroom assessment. The guide includes a brief developed by the IRIS Center to provide an overview of summative and formative assessments and their uses. Also included aresix sets of questions for different stakeholders, developed by the IDEA partnership, which ask stakeholders to consider examples of assessments and challenges to progress monitoring.
RTI & Family Engagement: A Construct for Intentionality (46.51)
In this webinar, Dr. Darren Woodruff, co-director of the National Center on Response to Intervention and Debra Jennings, co-director of the Region 1 Parent Technical Assistance Center in New Jersey, discuss research related to parent involvement in the RTI process. They provide a general overview of research related to family engagement, a construct for developing strategies for intentional family engagement when implementing RTI, and discuss the importance of collaborating with OSEP-funded Parent Centers in addressing family engagement.
Dialogue Guide: IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model
This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on identifying students for learning disabilities. A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, explains what the IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model is, how it is used in identifying students with learning disabilities, and three main problems with this model. It describes RTI as an alternative method of identifying students with learning disabilities. Also included are sets of questions for different stakeholders, developed by the IDEA Partnership
