RTI Center Presentation for the SPDGs

January 27, 2009

Updates from the National Center on Response to

Intervention February 25, 2009

Dr. Darren Woodruff, Co-Director Dr. Tessie Rose, Southeast Technical Assistance Liaison

Center Mission

To build the capacity of State Educational Agencies (SEAs) to assist Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) in implementing proven and promising frameworks for RTI.

Center Objectives

  Objective 1: To identify, adapt, evaluate, and scale up RTI frameworks for identifying and serving students with disabilities;

  Objective 2: To provide TA&D to SEAs and LEAs with ongoing TA support, as needed and appropriate, to implement comprehensive RTI frameworks in districts, schools, and classrooms nationally; and

  Objective 3: To disseminate information about proven and promising RTI frameworks to parents, service providers, program administrators, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders across the country.

Center Updates

  Web site and Resources   The Technical Review Committees (TRCs)   Workgroups   Technical Assistance

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Updates: RTI Center Web Site and Resources

What’s New!

  Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds (Audio Presentation) – Coming Soon   Ongoing Funding Dialogue via RTI Center website

  State Resources Database – Coming Soon

  Screening and Progress Monitoring Tool Charts

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Updates on the RTI Center’s Technical Review Committees (TRCs)

Background

  Role of the TRC:   To identify and disseminate information about tools and

interventions that are grounded in a rigorous scientific evidence base

  Three TRCs: (1) Screening; (2) Progress Monitoring; (3) Tiered Instruction

  Model:   National Center on Student Progress Monitoring http://www.studentprogress.org/chart/chart.asp

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TRC Status: Screening

  Recruited TRC members   Developed protocol   Issued call for tools in reading in September   Received 15 submissions (15 tools across 6

vendors)   Currently conducting final review   Results to be published in early 2009   Plan to issue a call in math and an additional call

in reading in spring 2009

TRC Status: Progress Monitoring

  Recruited TRC members   Developed protocol   Issued call for tools in September   Received 45 submissions (45 tools across 9

vendors)   Currently conducting final review   Results to be published in early 2009   Plan to issue an additional call in Spring 2009

TRC Status: Instruction

  Recruited 9 “TRC consultants”

  Held initial meeting on December 18

  Plan to issue call for interventions in Spring/Summer 2009

  Results to be published by end of 2009

TRC Timeline of Activities Screening Progress Monitoring Instruction

Fall 2008 •  1st call for tools in reading issued

•  1st call for tools issued

Winter 2009 •  Results published •  Results published

Spring 2009 •  1st call for tools in math issued

•  2nd call for tools in reading issued

•  2nd call for tools issued

•  1st call for interventions issued

Summer 2009Fall 2009 •  Results published •  Results published •  Results published

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Updates on Workgroup Activities

NCRTI Workgroups

  Formed five workgroups to explore relevant RTI topics that will inform work on identifying, evaluating, and scaling up RTI frameworks.   SEA Implementation – Ed Shapiro, Lehigh University, PA

  SLD Identification – Daryl Mellard, University of Kansas, KS

  Disproportionality – Darren Woodruff, NCRTI

  English Language Learners – Darren Woodruff, NCRTI

  RTI in High School Setting – NCRTI, COI, and NHSC

  RTI in Middle School Setting – Daryl Mellard, University of Kansas, KS

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Updates on RTI Technical Assistance Activities

TA Levels of Support

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Level 3 – Intensive TA Provided to approximately one state per

region or 10–12% of states*

Level 2 – Targeted TA Provided to at least 2–3 states per region

or 13–25% of states

Level 1 – Universal TA Provided indirectly (via Web site) to all states and directly to at least 4 states per region or 63–75%

Current TA Activities

  TA Liaisons working across six regions   Tessie Rose, Southeast Region

  Stacia Rush, Mid-South Region

  State information sharing communities   Web site: www.rti4success.org

  Supporting state, regional, and national events

Current TA Activities

  Eight States Selected for Intensive TA Support   South Carolina

  Oklahoma

  Pennsylvania

  Maine

  Hawaii

  Kansas

  New Mexico

  Missouri

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Other TA Updates

  Webinars on requested RTI topics

  Training modules – Coming Soon   Introduction to Universal Screening

  Introduction to CBM for Progress Monitoring

  Early Literacy/Reading CBM

  Math CBM

  Other Ways to Use CBM Data

  CBM for Determining RTI

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Questions or Comments?

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