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Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM): Tools for measuring student competency and progress in the basic skill areas of reading fluency, spelling, mathematics, and written language.
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"As a principal, my quest for providing meaningful reading instruction for students was shared by my teaching staff. While we felt we were doing great things for students in the area of reading, our state assessment showed that, in some cases, 50% of our students were not at grade level in reading..." [read full story]
- Bob Heimbaugh, K-5 Principal, Wyoming
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Why should we undertake Response to Intervention (RTI) when we already have several other initiatives going on in our district?
Response from Ann Casey, Ph.D .: RTI is a framework that could be used as an organizing tool for all of our work in education. The main intent of RTI is to ensure students receive targeted instruction early so all students can be successful. In RTI, we integrate measurement/data systems to focus instruction by using a problem solving process...[read full response ]
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 In this section, George Batsche of the University of South Florida offers information about the stages schools go through as they begin to change their processes. Based on her experience working with many schools, Susan Hall of the 95 Percent Group also offers tips to help you anticipate and resolve issues that will arise as you begin implementation. Read "Implementing Your Plan" by George Batsche.
Additional Articles
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 3: Initial Implementation
by Susan L. Hall
Teachers and other staff must learn to do things differently, both individually and also in collaboration with other staff members. This stage is called “initial” to recognize that when teachers first start using these new practices, they may not be completely proficient in their new roles...
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 4: Full Implementation
by Susan L. Hall
Full implementation is reached when at least 50% of the teachers are performing their new functions acceptably. It generally takes the first academic year for teachers to learn how to administer the assessments, interpret the data, place students in groups, and begin to learn how to provide targeted and effective intervention instruction...
Additional Resources
(pdf) Implementing RTI Using Literacy Blocks with Flexible Grouping »
(powerpoint) Building a Blueprint for RTI Implementation », NAESP Conference, April 2008
(pdf) Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Implementation », NAESP Conference, April 2008
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