What Does the RtI Team Do?
Often a multi-disciplinary team of school professionals meet on a regular basis to address teachers' concerns about struggling students and to help design intervention plans. The purpose of this team is to be an effective problem-solving . . . read more
The Latest News from RtI
The latest news from RtI is the addition of AIMSWEB. After attending a two day workshop we will be able to gradually incorporate AIMSWEB intot he RtI program. This year it will be used only as a progress monitoring tool. AIMSWEB provides . . . read more
What is the Problem Solving Method?
The Problem Solving Method begins with IDENTIFICATION-What is the problem? *Screen students and collect data *Review school-wide academic data *Identify students with problems *Define the problems ANALYSIS-Why . . . read more
RtI and Data Collection Tools
There are three levels of assessment tools used to collect data: screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring. The data used to identify how a student responds to the core curriculum is the screening tool. This tool is administerd . . . read more
What do we assess and how do we assess it?
In 2000, the National Reading Panel issued a report identifying five key skills central to reading achievement: PHONEMIC AWARENESS - the ability to notice, think about and work with individual sounds in spoken words. PHONICS - an . . . read more
What is Progress Monitoring?
Progress monitoring is a scientifically based practice used to access students' academic performance, continuously measure student performance growth, and provide objective data to evaluate the effectiveness of . . . read more
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