1 Wayne Callender RTI Copyright Wayne Callender University of Oregon [email protected]What’s So Appealing about Response to Intervention? Consider... Despite the push for the popularized Pre- Referral concept of the 1980’s, resulting interventions have failed to reduce the number of students identified for services. Further, there is essentially no empirical evidence that most pre-referral processes resulted in better outcomes for students.
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What’s So Appealingabout Response to Intervention?
Consider...
Despite the push for the popularized Pre-Referral concept of the 1980’s, resultinginterventions have failed to reduce the numberof students identified for services. Further,there is essentially no empirical evidence thatmost pre-referral processes resulted in betteroutcomes for students.
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What Does Not Work: IQ-Achievement Discrepancy
IQ/Achievement discrepancy model is not relatedto student instructional needs and takes attentionaway from necessary interventions.– Unreliable-Poor Stability across time for
different pairs of tests– Expensive– Wait to Fail Effect (delays intervention until
late 3rd or early 4th grades)» Source: Daniel J. Reschly
Special Education:Statistics of Interest
• 60% all students in special education are those withspecific learning disabilities
• Up to 80% of SLD students are there because theyhaven’t learned to read.
• Students in Special Education:– Have less exposure to regular ed. curricula and have fewer
regular ed. friends– Academic achievement is no better than like, non-identified
peers• Few students in special education ever close the
achievement gap, even fewer exit.• Placement in Special Education is a life altering event
» President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education (2002)
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President’s Commission onExcellence in Special Education
• “What we found was a system in need offundamental re-thinking…”
• Reduce the number of students placed inspecial education through research-basedinterventions before referral
• Simplify the identification process – “Servicesfirst, assessment later”
• Incorporate Response to Intervention.Implement models during the identificationprocess that are based on response tointervention and progress monitoring.
» President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education (2002)
Old Thinking New Thinking
Problems Learning is aSIGN of a LEARNING
PROBLEM
Problems Learning is a Sign ofa Break Down in the
Instructional Process-ManyStudents Have Problems
Learning at Points in Their Life
A LOTTA Testing to Get aKid a LITTLE Help
A LITTLE Testing toGet a Kid a LOTTA
Help
Test to IdentifyDisability/Disease
Test to IdentifyInterventions that Make
a DifferenceCredit to W. Alan Coulter for the concepts and the accent.
New Thinking: Outcome Driven
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RTI...• Is about improving student outcomes• Provides support to teachers and parents• Allows for intervention immediately• Focuses on alterable academic and
behavioral skills and evaluates progress• Seeks to solve problems rather than create
placements
–Requires:• (1) Effective Systems and• (2) Problem Solving components
Learning Is an Interaction of 3Major Variables
Curriculum
InstructionStudent
Characteristicsand Skills
A “problem,” then, may be more than just“the student.”
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Re-define Regular EducationBenchmark – will do fine
with a good core program(75 – 80%)
Strategic – will needsupplemental andreinforcement programsto hit targets (15%)
Intensive – will need anintensive program thataccelerates learning inkey skill areas (5%)
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RTI...Combining a School-WideSystem and Problem Solving
1. All students receive high quality, research-based instruction in theclassroom.
2. General education system includes universal screening ofacademics and behavior.
3. School staff (reg. and special ed.) implement research-basedinterventions to address students with difficulties.
4. Interventions are predetermined and available for all5. School staff use progress-monitoring data to determine
interventions’ effectiveness and to make modifications as needed.Problem Solving occurs at the systems and group level.
6. Student’s not improving as anticipated are addressed by aproblem-solving team - interventions are designed for individualstudent needs
7. Progress monitoring and use of decision rules applied weekly toensure adequate progress
8. Student’s with inadequate progress may need special educationsupport.
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What Effective Schools Have InCommon
• Strong Instructional Leadership• Highly Skilled Instructors• High Expectations of Student Achievement
for all students• Broadly Understood Instructional Focus• Measures of Student Achievement as a
Basis for Program Evaluation
To Get There in Practice, We Needto Establish the Following:
1. Systems - well designed structure foraddressing all students
2. Assessment - for the purpose ofidentifying students in need, differentiatinginstruction, and evaluating studentprogress and program effectiveness
3. Intervention - Scientifically validatedprograms and teaching practices across allfour levels of the system
( ) indicates % of adequate progress Winter to Spring
Effective Systems: Identifying Concerns
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KG & G 3: Programpacing? Other?
G 2: Phonics forreading? Fluency?Enhancements?
G 1: Walk to read?Fluency?
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IntensiveStrategicBenchmark3
(2005-2006)
2(2005-2006)
1(2005-2006)
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BSIProgress
Schools:
Areas of Concern/Actions
Evaluate the Health of Systems
AtRisk
Intensive Strategic Benchmark
Time 1: ( e.g., Winter)
Time 2: (e.g., Spring)
1. SomeRisk
2. LowRisk
AtRisk
SomeRisk
3. LowRisk
AtRisk
SomeRisk
4. LowRisk
Evaluating Systems4 Ways to Achieve Adequate Progress
Source: Oregon Reading First
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Summary of Effectiveness Report
Source: DIBELS
The Basics of a Tiered Approachin Secondary Education
• Prevention– Systematic screening of all students entering middle
school.– Provision of at least 1 year of intensive remedial
reading.
• Remediation– Differentiate between students with direct and
indirect service needs.– Serve students with direct service needs with
standard direct instruction.– Serve students with indirect service needs through
mainstream consultation agreements.
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School-Wide Attendance Model
Step 2: Assessment
• Use Benchmark Assessment Results toAnswer:– How many students are in need of additional
instructional support?– Which students are in need of additional
instructional support?
Use Progress Monitoring to EnsureInterventions are Effective
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Different kinds of assessment data areneeded for different decisions
within the system
Four Purposes of Assessments1. Screening Measure2. Diagnostic Measure3. Progress Monitoring Measure4. Outcome Measure
Four Purposes of Assessment
Screening
Diagnostic
ProgressMonitoring
OutcomeMeasure
Identify Concern
Identify Level of Concern
Cause of Concern?
What Needs to be Taught?
Is it Working?
Ensure Gap is Closing at Desired Rate
Predicted by Screening and Progress Monitoring
Traditional testing... told us the obvious, but was of questionable teaching value
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Is there a difference in theinstruction for children struggling or
at-risk for different reasons?“...thus far, no conclusive evidence
exists that the particular cause(genetic or environment) of a child’sdelay in either of these domains isrelevant to the type of instruction heor she will require in learning toread” National Reading Panel Report, based on
115,000 reading research studies
Diagnostic Testing...
How Much DiagnosticAssessment and When
• Primary Purpose: Identifying what to teach• Under what circumstances?
– All Strategic/Low Benchmark students– Some Intensive students– Key function is to tell us what to teach - not
just to know for explanation or curiositypurposes
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Fluency or Decoding Issue?Does the student need instruction on fluency
or decoding?• Select a new passage at the highest level which the
student failed to meet fluency criterion but was +90%accurate and ask the student to read the passagealoud – cold timing.
• Teacher marks where the student is at the end of 1minute but allows the student to continue reading.
• Then ask the Student to reread the same passage asquickly and carefully as they can and the teacherstops the student at the end of 1 minute.
•Road to the Code – PA•Read Naturally – F•Quick Reads-F•Phonemic Awareness inYoung Children – PA•Ladders to Literacy – PA•SIPPS – P•PALS – P•Lindamood Bell – PA, P•Wilson – PA, P•Language for Learning (k-1)V•Language for Thinking (2-4)V, C
REACH **Corrective ReadingLanguage for LearningMorphographic Spelling
Read 180 plus SIPPS **Corrective Reading **Lindamood-BellLanguage! **WilsonRewardsHigh Point
**Intervention Program
Model of Reading ProgramsGrade 4-12
Supplemental/Intervention Programs
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Interventions Are Not…
• Accommodations• Adaptations• Interagency referrals• Special education settings• Assessments, evaluations, screenings• Classroom observations• Advice or consultations• Assisting with instructional methods and
materials• Places
Don’t Just Stop with Intervention forReading
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Websites for Scientifically Based BehaviorSupport
•National Technical Assistance Center on PositiveBehavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS):www.pbis.org•Safe and Civil Schools:www.safeandcivilschools.com
STEP 4: Establish a Problem-Solving Process
Problem Solve at the all Three Levels:
1. Problem Solving Systems (Benchmark,Strategic, and Intensive)
2. Problem Solving Instructional Groups
3. Problem Solving Individual Students
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Systems Problem Solving vs.Individual Problem Solving
Group AStudent weekly
growth:.5 cwpm
InstructionalGroup Averageweekly growth:
.5 cwpm
Group BStudent weekly
growth:.5 cwpm
InstructionalGroup Averageweekly growth:
1.75 cwpm
Fien, 2007
Remember...Entitlement is NOTthe Purpose of RTI
• Student achievement/Supporting teachers is thepurpose
• RTI is about meeting the needs of all students -NOT the new way to qualify students for specialeducation
• RTI seeks to understand problems for the primarypurpose of intervention
• Progress monitoring is essential• Problem Resolution is the goal
“If RTI simply becomes the new way to qualifystudents for special education, it will not havebeen a worthwhile endeavor”
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Focus on Trajectory
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Dual Discrepancy: Severely discrepant ininitial skill level and growth
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Look at the Individual’s Response toIntervention: What Happened?
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What Changes Once a Studentis Placed on an IEP
In regards to Intervention...hopefully nothing.If more effective intervention/instruction isavailable through special education, thesystem is not adequately designed.
An IEP assures that proper intervention andsupports will be provided long-term andnecessary accommodations will beavailable.