responsiveness to instruction (rti)

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Responsiveness to Instruction(RtI)

Problem-Solving Model Tier III

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

2011

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Four Tiers of Support

Continue Tier I and Tier II Support

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Tier IConsultation

Between Teachers-Parents

Student Needs

Reso

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The NC Problem- Solving Model

Identify Area(s)

of Need

Implement Plan

Evaluate

Develop a Plan

Tier II Consultation With OtherResources

Tier IIIConsultation

with the Problem Solving

Team

Tier IVConsideration

for EC referral

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Tier IV

Student Needs

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Universal Screening

for ALL students 3x

per year

Progress Monitoring

1-2x per month

Diagnostic Assessment

Progress Monitoring

1-2x per week

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Tier III - PSM• Repeat steps of cyclical problem-solving

model

• Student need drives problem solving team members – Parent

– Teacher– Teaching peer, counselor, school psychologist,

curriculum specialist, data/assessment specialist administrator, social worker, nurse, etc.

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Tier III - PSM

• Small percentage of students

• Formalized, systematic process

• Intervention and assessment increases in intensity/frequency

• Individual goals- short and long term

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Layered Support

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2Step 1

Define the Problem

Develop a behavioral (observable) definition

of problem

TEAM FIRST MEETS TO DEFINE PROBLEM

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Step 1: Define the Problem

• Essential step

• Develop a behavioral/academic definition

• Concrete, Observable and Measurable

• Stranger test?

• Most difficult step!

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2Step 1

Define the Problem

Develop a behavioral (observable) definition

of problem

Step 2Develop an

Assessment PlanGenerate a hypothesis

and assessment questions

related to the problem

HOW DO WE ANSWER THESEQUESTIONS?

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Step 2: Develop an Assessment Plan• We must ask questions to form a hypothesis

regarding “What is the problem? Why is it occurring?”

• We ask questions across four domains:

Instruction

Curriculum

Environment

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InstructionPossible Questions•Has the instruction been consistent?

•Has the student received instruction in constituent skill areas?

•Does the student respond more effectively to a different pace?

•Has the student received descriptive feedback?

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Instruction

CurriculumPossible Questions•Are the deficits in the core?

•Does the curriculum include the needed skills?

•Has the student had enough time in the curriculum skill areas?

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Curriculum

Environment

Possible Questions•Is the student “on-task” during instruction?

•How is his/her behavior in class and out of class?

•Home and school environment? (past and present)

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Environment

Learner

Possible Questions•Any Medical issues?

•Background information in the cumulative record?

•Language issues?

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Step 2: Develop an Assessment Plan

ReviewInterviewObserveTest

Curriculum

Environment

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ReviewInterviewObserveTest

ReviewInterviewObserveTest

Instruction

Review

Examples•Review records

•Review grades

•Review teachers’ anecdotal records/instructional artifacts/work samples

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Interview

Examples•Teacher interview

•Parent interview

•Interview past teachers/previous school

•Student interview (older grades)

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Observe

Examples•Student observation

•Student/teacher interaction observation

•Instructional observation– Core – Intervention

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Test

Examples•CBM in area of concern

– Survey level – Grade level

•CBM in other areas•Common Assessments•Diagnostic – informal or formal

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Diagnostic Assessment

• Further investigation to help determine which intervention is most appropriate

• Can be CBM or other common assessments

Examples

Running Record, CBM, Informal reading assessments, Single skill math computation tests, Writing samples,

Student interviews

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Diagnostic Assessment: Myths

• Comes in a box• Used to identify the presence of a reading disorder• Must be administered by specialists• Are formal• Time consuming and impractical.

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Resources for Free Diagnostic Assessments• http://www.fcrr.org/FAIR/index.shtm- diagnostic

reading assessments for pre-K through high school

• http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/readinggradeleve.html - diagnostic phonics assessments for all grade levels

• Math- Intervention Central has the ability to make up single skill probes of math skills

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Case Study – Tier III

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Case Study - Page 1

• Student Name: Chris

• Date: 9/6/XX

• Areas targeted for instruction/intervention: Reading

• Specific Problem: Reading Fluency

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Case Study: Tier III Background Information

Record Review

• Vision/Hearing - pass

• Retentions - none

• Absences/tardies - no concerns

• Transferred schools - midyear first grade (VA)

• Prior interventions – Tier I and II in second grade (see data)

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Case Study: Tier III Background Information

Record Review (cont’)• Universal screening data

- R-CBM - 34, MAZE - 3 (Fall-current school year)

- math - on grade level

• DRA2 = 20

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Case Study: Tier III Background Information

Tier I (during second grade)

– Define the problem - “Chris’ R-CBM score of 29 (Winter- universal screening) is below the 10th percentile when compared to national norms.”

– Error analysis (teacher) indicates several decoding weaknesses, including multisyllabic words, diagraphs, blends

– Chris’ low score on R-CBM is because of his weakness in decoding, specifically multisyllabic words.

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Tier III - Case Study:Background Information

Tier I (cont’)

• 8 weeks intervention (2/01/xx - 3/28/xx)

• Syllable pattern activities from FCRR - 2x/week,

15 min./session• Progress monitoring data R-CBM

• 28, 30, 36, 30

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Tier I Interventions

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Case Study: Tier III Background Information

Tier II

• Chris’ low score on R-CBM is because of his weaknesses in decoding, including multisyllabic words and diagraphs.

• 8 weeks intervention (3/28/xx -5/30/xx)

• Syllable pattern activities from FCRR - 2x/week,

15 min./session

• Letter sound correspondence activities from FCRR - 2x/week, 10 min./session

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Case Study: Tier III Background Information

Tier II (cont’)

• Progress monitoring data R-CBM

• 35, 40, 42, 43

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Tier II Interventions

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Case Study - Page 1Create a hypothesis statement for each domain

Why do you think the problem is occurring?InstructionCurriculumEnvironment Learner

What information do you need?ReviewInterviewObserveTest

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2Step 1

Define the Problem

Develop a behavioral (observable) definition

of problem

Step 2Develop an

Assessment PlanGenerate a hypothesis

and assessment questions

related to the problem

Step 3Analysis of the

Assessment PlanDetermine if problem is

correctly defined

WHAT DID WE FIND?

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Tier III - Analyze the Assessment Plan

Team reconvenes (within 2 weeks) to discuss results of assessment results

• Is our problem correctly defined?

• What is our hypothesis (based on the data we gathered) and how will we “test” it?

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Tier III - Analyze the Assessment Plan

• Structured observation results– Attention to task was age appropriate compared to

peers in classroom

• Hypothesis rejected

Environment

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Tier III - Analyze the Assessment Plan

• CBM error analysis - confirms multisyllabic words,

diagraphs, blends• Review DRA2 - Score of 18 • Interview Instructional specialist from previous

school–Previous utilized different materials and instructional methods

• Hypothesis accepted

Curriculum

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Tier III – Analyze the Assessment Plan

• Teacher Interview– Determined review of early literacy skills is not an

intentional component of reading instruction

• Instructional observation– Review of early literacy skills was not observed

• Review instructional materials– 3rd grade materials do not include a review of early

literacy skills

• Hypothesis accepted

Instruction

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Tier III - Analyze the Assessment Plan

• Speech Language Screening– Passed

• Social/Developmental History– Uneventful social/medical development

• Hypothesis rejected

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2Step 1

Define the Problem

Develop a behavioral (observable) definition

of problem

Step 2Develop an

Assessment PlanGenerate a hypothesis

and assessment questions

related to the problem

Step 3Analysis of the

Assessment PlanDetermine if problem is

correctly defined

Step 4Generate a Goal

StatementSpecific Description of the

changes expected in student behavior

WHERE DO WE WANT THEM TO BE?

Doran, George T. "There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management's goals and objectives." Management Review, Nov 1981, Volume 70 Issue 11.

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Tier III – Goal Setting

• Short Term Goal– Length determined by intervention period

• Example: 8-10 weeks from intervention start date

– Set goal based on baseline data

• Long Term– Length determined by grade level expectations

• Example: end of school year

– Set goal based on baseline data

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Tier III - Goal Setting

• Norm Referenced Goal

• Rate of Improvement (ROI)/Growth Rate

• Percentile Rank

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Tier III – Goal Setting: Norm Referenced

• A standard, model or pattern regarded as typical

• Typical performance of peers? – Classroom– Grade – District – State – Nation

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Tier III – Goal Setting:Norm Tables

• Percentile ranks

• Average score (range 25th-75th percentile)

• Let’s practice reading a norm table

(Example is for practice only)