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Norm-Referenced Assessment: An assessment designed to discover how an individual student's performance or test result compares to that of an appropriate peer group. (Compare to criterion-referenced assessment... More »
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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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Pre-K Resources

Pre-K ResourcesSome elements of the RTI model (e.g., a problem-solving process to solve practical dilemmas; an intervention hierarchy or teaching pyramid to address children’s social-emotional development) already exist in the early childhood field.  Learn how RTI at the pre-K level builds on these elements to address the needs of young children who show signs that they may not be learning in an expected manner.

  

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RTI Overview

Approaches to RTI »
Field Studies of RTI Programs »
Model for RTI in Pre-K: Recognition and Response »
Myths About Response to Intervention Implementation »
Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners »
Response to Intervention: A Research Review »
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention »
Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention »
Selecting a Scientifically Based Core Curriculum for Tier 1 »
What is RTI? »
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Create Your RTI Plan

Building Support »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 1: Exploration »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 2: Installation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 3: Initial Implementation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 4: Full Implementation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 5: Innovation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 6: Sustainability »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Avoiding Implementation Pitfalls »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Introduction »
Developing a Plan »
Evaluating and Refining Implementation »
Implementing Your Plan »
Moving From Good Intentions to Good Outcomes: Implementation of Educational Programs »
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Tiered Instruction/Intervention

Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers-Key Components for Effective Teaching »
Individualized Support for Young Children who are Struggling to Learn »
Tiered Instruction and Intervention in a Response-to-Intervention Model »
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Screening and Data-based Decision Making

Universal Screening for Reading Problems: Why and How Should We Do This »
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Engaging Families

A Parent Leader’s Perspective on Response to Intervention »
Engaging Families in Early Childhood Education »
Working With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families »
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Cultural and Linguisting Diversity

Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners »
RTI and the Disproportionate Representation of Diverse Students in Special Education »
Working With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families »
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Social Development

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention »
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Literacy

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Mathematics

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RTI Talks

Response to Intervention and IDEA - LD Identification in the RTI Instruction Model »
Reading and Response to Intervention (RTI): How Students Benefit from Multi-Tiered Instruction and Intervention » Top of Page
Podcasts

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