Fifteen Elements
Teacher teams
Leadership, administration and/or teachers who have a solid understanding of how to teach reading and writing
A comprehensive and coordinated literacy program
Build Prior Knowledge then Increase with Text
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Part of the Solution
Planning teams– Scheduling intervention– Scheduling interaction
• Need for collaboration skills
– Capacity building– collaboration
Considering data and the continued use of data driven decisions
Activity Time
RtI Interventions
Let’s take a few minutes and consider the interventions we are currently using or considering:– Tier One– Tier Two– Tier Three
What are some?What is the Research behind these interventions?
RtI Resources on the Web
Best Evidence Encyclopedia (B.E.E.)This website offersreliable, unbiased information onhigh-qualityevaluationsof educationalprograms.
Big Ideas in Beginning ReadingFocuses on BIG IDEAS of early literacy:
phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text, vocabulary,
and comprehension.
Oregon’s Big Ideas
FCRR Key
Type of Program
1 = Core Reading Program
2 = Supplemental or Intervention Program
3 = Technology-Based Program
4 = Program that may be implemented by a tutor or mentor
5 = Intervention or Remedial Program for students above third grade
Reading ComponentPA = Phonemic AwarenessP = PhonicsF = FluencyV=VocabularyC = Comprehension
+ = some aspects of this component taught and/or practiced
++ = most aspects+++ = all aspectsn/a = not addressed
What We Know
National Institute for Literacy - nifl.gov
– The National Institute for Literacy, a federal agency, provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth, and adults.
What We Know
What Works Clearninghouse– ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc– Institute of Education Science’s Database
sharing what we know about related research specific to standards and the research arm of NCLB.
RtI Action Network
A program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities Offers a guide educators and families in the large-scale implementation of RTIAccess research reports– How to tips– Temperature of what is happening in the
field
National Center on RtI
Technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of states to assist districts in implementing proven models for RTI.Reports– Products for consideration– Evidence-based practices for High School– Considerations for implementation
Advancing Literacy
Initiative by the Carnegie Corporation
Funded reports and research on– adolescent literacy – What works– What we need to be doing at the
middle/high school level
Usable Knowledge
Using Data to Improve Instruction
Using Data to Improve Instruction
Using Data to Raise Student Achievement
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What We Know
KU’s Center on Research and Learning– http://www.ku-crl.org/projects/
Strategic Instruction Model– http://www.ku-crl.org/sim/