National Center on Response to Intervention

Dr. Evelyn JohnsonBoise State University

Using RTI Data to Inform Eligibility

National Center on Response to Intervention

What is the National Center on RTI?

The National Center on RTI is a 5 year Technical Assistance (TA) Center funded through a cooperative agreement with the Office of Special Education Program (OSEP)’s Research to Practice Division and is part of OSEP’s National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network

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NCRTI Mission

To build state capacity and support for implementing RTI in local districts and schools by serving as a central source of knowledge, expertise, and research-based information for educators, administrators, and parents.

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Response to intervention (RTI) integrates assessment and intervention within a multi level ‑prevention system to maximize student achievement and reduce behavioral problems.

Defining RTI

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Genesis of RTI – Public Health Model

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Purposes of RTI School reform framework

Early identification and prevention

Disability determination

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What are we trying to prevent?

Instructional casualties – Working to ensure that students receive effective instruction to prevent learning difficulties that later become intractable.

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Federal Definition of SLD

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A specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Specific learning disability does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. (34 CFR Sec. 300.8 (c)(10))

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One State’s Approach to Operationalizing the SLD Definition

Characteristic Criteria MethodNot due to other factors

Appropriate instructionEvidence that team considered external factors

RTI dataScreening data

Imperfect ability to learn

Low achievement (adverse impact)

RTI dataAcademic Assessment

Basic disorder in psychological process

Pattern of strengths and weaknesses

Comprehensive Evaluation

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What is RTI Data?Screening to initially identify students at-risk and establish effective corePM data to determine response and establish interventions are effectiveOutcome data to establish instructional program efficacy

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Standards for DataScreening Progress Monitoring Outcome

Reliability Alternate forms have high reliability

Alternate forms have high reliability

Minimal Measurement Error

Validity Does screening predict outcome?

Does growth predict outcome?

Does measure represent construct?

Fidelity Is core delivered as intended?

Are interventions effective?

Is instructional program effective?

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A Case Study: Cedric

This data helps establish that the core instructional program is generally effective for most students.

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A Case Study: Cedric

This data describes the intensity, frequency and duration of the Tier 2 intervention.

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Progress Monitoring

Reviewing the collective progress of the group of students who receive intervention demonstrates that many of the students are benefitting from Tier 2 intervention.

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Individual Data Shows a Lack of Response

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What RTI Data Tells Us About Cedric

Has not achieved grade level performance standards

Core instruction is generally effective Was not responsive to an intervention Requires further assessment to determine the

nature, extent and underlying causes Informs individualized instructional planning

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Questions? National Center on Response to Intervention

• www.rti4success.org

Evelyn Johnson, Ed.D.• evelynjohnson@boisestate.edu

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