Using RTI to Improve Learning in Mathematics
A focus on early mathematics instruction and intervention is essential to students' later learning success. In this article, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains and provides resources for the steps that a district or school must take to implement RTI in mathematics: selecting a model of RTI, identifying adequate screening and progress-monitoring measures, and planning for effective delivery of tiered interventions.
Upcoming RTI Talk: Implementing RTI in Middle Schools
February 18, 2010 at 3 p.m. ET
Join Principals Jeanice Kerr Swift and Lori Smith as they answer your questions about key issues related to RTI including scheduling; staff buy-in; preparation, planning and training for RTI; benefits to students and staff; challenges, and next steps. Ms. Swift and Dr. Smith will offer specific tips for how school teams can work together to introduce and sustain RTI at the middle school level.
Submit advance questions for the discussion now or simply join the chat live on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 3 p.m. ET. This RTI Talk is presented by the RTI Action Network in collaboration with the National Center on Response to Intervention.
RTI Blog
What does it actually take to implement a comprehensive tiered service delivery model within a school? In this first RTI blog in a new series, Evelyn Johnson, Deb Carter, and Juli Pool share their successes and challenges in starting a two-year combined RTI/PBS implementation project at Silver Sage Elementary School in Idaho. Read this blog and comment today!
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