Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:multi Tier Reading Intervention:primary Grade

For Teachers K - 1st
This Practice Guide, by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in February 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement RTI to assist students struggling with reading. The focus is building an instructional program in order to...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:leadership Team and English Language Learners

For Teachers K - 1st
To ensure that the implementation of RTI strategies effectively addresses the needs of all students, this informational brief provides guidelines for organizing and implementing a school leadership team that focuses on the needs of...
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:rti Components Integrity Rubric and Worksheet

For Teachers K - 1st
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 RTI implementation. They may also be used by schools...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:rti in Elementary School:a Guide for Families

For Teachers K - 1st
This document was developed to help parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions about RTI, and...
Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Using Rti to Improve Student Learning

For Teachers K - 1st
This downloadable PDF guide explains how leaders can use a research-based framework for response to intervention (RTI) to improve learning for all students. The majority of states have some form of RTI initiative in place already. This...
Primary
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention:federal Guidance on Early Intervening Service

For Teachers K - 1st
On July 28, 2008 the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) released guidance on the appropriate use of IDEA-Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) funding. This guidance is intended to provide states with information...
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Other

Osep Technical Assistance Center: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
U.S. Department of Education-affiliated organization publishes information and analysis for schools seeking to implement and maintain highly effective academic and behavioral standards and policies with respect to student behavior.
Handout
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Mtss/rti Glossary of Terms

For Teachers K - 1st
A glossary of MTSS/RTI terms.
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Other

Intervention Central: Your Site for Response to Intervention Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Founder Jim Wright, a psychologist and school administrator in New York has developed this site to provide the most current practices and ideas regarding academic and behavioral intervention free of charge. Downloadable charts, forms,...
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US Department of Education

Response to Intervention and Multi Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An in-depth discussion of need for Response to Intervention systems to be set up within elementary schools, as well as a guide to doing so. The paper makes five recommendations for setting up an RtI system and gives practical directions...
Website
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Colorado Learning Disability Criteria Part 2

For Teachers K - 1st
This webinar highlights recent changes to the eligibility criteria and identification process for identifying Colorado students as having specific learning disabilities (SLD). Candy Myers of the Colorado Department of Education gives an...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Progress Monitoring: Study Group Content

For Teachers K - 1st
The purpose of the Progress Monitoring: Study Group Content module is to provide participants with an introduction to procedures for progress monitoring using Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM). The module outlines the steps required to...
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Story Grammar Training

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This intervention emphasizes the importance of metacognitive or active reading strategies to improve comprehension. It directs students' attention on story structure by teaching them to ask five "wh" questions about the settings and...
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Group Story Mapping

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, emphasizes linking previous knowledge structures (schemata) with reading materials. A pre-reading technique (see "My Story Map") provides a framework that directs young scholars'...
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Interventions for Reading: Reconciled Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, engages learners in enrichment activities prior to reading the passage. In this way, students have the opportunity to activate and enhance existing knowledge before reading....
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Interventions for Reading: Repeated Readings

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a instructional activity for repeated readings including directions, materials needed, procedures, and evaluation. The goal is to increase learners' reading fluency and, therefore, their reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intevention for Reading: Peer Tutoring in Sight Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a lesson for peer tutoring of sight words including training, materials needed, procedures, and evaluation. The goal is to increase students' sight word vocabulary and, therefore, their reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Summarization Strategy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Improve understanding of expository materials by summarizing the main ideas. The summarization strategy helps students recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are five rules for writing summaries.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Re Conceptualizing Extra Help for High School Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The push to ensure all students engage in challenging classes in high school has created new demands on high schools, including a demand to providing extra help for students who are behind in reading, mathematics, and advanced reasoning...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Summer Bridge Programs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
More students fail ninth grade than any other grade and many of these students ultimately drop out. Can pre-emptive interventions lead to increased graduation rates? Emerging evidence suggests that eight-grade transition programs...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Solution Shop: A Counseling and Study Skills Program for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Solution Shop is a counseling and study skills program designed to address the academic needs of struggling middle school students. In this program, the school counselor serves the critical role of developing and providing appropriate...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Professional Development Helps Support Adolescent Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about several efforts underway to increase the training and professional development options available to out-of-school-time staff, including seasonal workers.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Rti and Reading: Response to Intervention in a Nutshell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
RTI is not a particular method or instructional approach, rather it is a process that aims to shift educational resources toward the delivery and evaluation of instruction that works best for students. This article provides a quick...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: So if Retention Is So Harmful, What Should We Do? Teach!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Studies on grade retention reach the same conclusion: Failing a student, particularly in the critical ninth grade year, is the single largest predictor of whether he or she drops out. What must teachers know to identify students' needs...