RtI Websites Response to Intervention Websites IRIS Center for Training Enhancement Name URL http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ http://www.RTI4Success.org The National Center on Response to Intervention 1 Description The IRIS Center aims to provide high-quality resources for faculty and professional development providers. It provides free, online, interactive training enhancements that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice. All materials are freely available for use via the website and may be printed without permission. The 4-Part modules on RTI can be accessed by clicking Resources, Star Legacy Modules, then scrolling down to the Differentiated Instruction section. This Center’s mission is to provide technical assistance and dissemination about proven and promising models for RTI and EIS to state and local educators, families, and other stakeholders. The Center will work in four areas: (a) knowledge production, which involves a Technical Review Committee of experts who will independently evaluate the scientific rigor, conditions for successful implementation, and the cultural and linguistic competence of all identified models (and components); (b) implementation supports, which involve training and follow-up activities to scale-up RTI and EIS on a broad scale; (c) information dissemination, which involves forming communities of practice to improve the likelihood that consumers will adopt RTI models; and (d) formative evaluation, which involves an assessment of the quality, implementation, impact, and cost effectiveness of the services offered. RtI Websites http://www.nrcld.org/resource_kit RTI Action Network The NRCLD Learning Disabilities Resource Kit: Specific Learning Disabilities Determination Procedures and Responsiveness to Intervention http://www.rtinetwork.org/ http://www.centeroninstruction.org/index.cfm The Center on Instruction 2 NRCLD has developed this kit to help you navigate changes related to specific learning disability determination and responsiveness to intervention. All materials in this kit are in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. The sections of the kit include: General Information Tools for Change Getting Started Manual RTI Manual PowerPoint Presentations Parent Pages The RTI Action Network is a website dedicated to the effective implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) in school districts nationwide. It provides access to information regarding RtI in the form of podcasts, articles, webinars, and print sources. The RTI Action Network is a program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, funded by the Cisco Foundation and in partnership with the nation’s leading education associations and top RTI experts. The Special Education Strand of the Center on Instruction hosted a one-day symposium in April 2006, on Response to Intervention. Information was provided on recent empirical and practical developments related to RTI models and methods. PowerPoint presentations are available for downloading at: http://www.centeroninstruction.org/recentactivities.cfm RtI Websites DIBLES http://www.fcrr.org/ http://dibels.uoregon.edu/index.php AIMSweb Florida Center f or Reading Research What Works Clearinghouse http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ http://www.aimsweb.com/ The ACCESS Center 3 http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/about/ Established in 2002, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides user-friendly practices guides for educators that addresses instructional challenges with research-based recommendations for schools and classrooms. It also assesses the rigor of research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies), giving educators the tools to make informed decisions about interventions. The Florida Center for Reading Research is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences. The website provides access to information regarding effective reading intervention and/or programs that based on sound empirical data for children in pre-school through 12 grade This site provides information regarding The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), a thoroughly researched, reliable and valid indicator of early literacy development and predictor of later reading proficiency to aid in the early identification of students who are not progressing as expected. AIMSweb is a formative assessment system that informs the teaching and learning process by providing continuous student performance data and reporting improvement to parents, teachers, and administrators to enable evidence-based evaluation and data-driven instruction. Funded by the Office of Special Education Services (OSES), this website provides information and resources related to curricular practices in math, reading, writing, differentiated instruction, universal design for learning, and technology Intervention Central National Association of State Directors in Special Education (NASDE) RtI Websites National Center on Student Progress Monitoring 4 http://www.nasdse.org/ http://www.interventioncentral.org/ http://www.studentprogress.org This website provides information related to special education, some free, some can be purchased for a minimal charge. Two documents or blueprints specific to RtI can be downloaded at no cost. The two Blueprints, Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: District Level and Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: School Building Level, provide step-by-step implementation guidelines, resources and tips from RtI implementers with many years of experience. The Blueprints are intentionally designed to provide a framework around which RtI implementation can be built. A website developed by Jim Wright, school psychologist from Syracuse, New York. Intervention Central contains a wealth of information related to RtI that supports a school’s implementation efforts. Much of the material and tools provided via this website are free of charge and easy-to-use. This site has downloadable articles, PowerPoint presentations, Frequently Asked Question documents, and additional resources about screening, student progress monitoring, Curriculum-Based Measurement, applying decision making to IEPs and other researched based topics. All publications are designed to inform and assist audiences in implementing student progress monitoring at the classroom, building, local or state level. In addition, the Center has established a standard process to evaluate the scientific rigor of commercially available tools to monitor student’s progress. Review the tools at http://www.studentprogress.org/chart/chart.asp RtI as an Approach to Preventing and Identifying Learning Disabilities in Reading RtI Websites Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) Center for Evidencebased Practices to Improve Social Emotional Development of Young Children 5 http://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=3 90 http://www.challengingbehavior.org http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, National Center on Special Education Research, this project is investigating key measurement issues associated with the Response to Intervention process: Research questions include: Who should enter the RTI process? How does one determine whether effective Tier 2 intervention has been conducted? What is a valid and practical method of monitoring responsiveness to Tier 2 instruction? What is a valid definition of 'nonresponsiveness' (i.e., reading disabled [RD])? One of the activities of this Center is to coordinate with the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) a project jointly funded by the Office of Head Start (OHS) and the Child Care Bureau (CCB). In our conversations with OHS and CCB on how to coordinate the work of these two Centers we have discussed using a tiered intervention model, where CSEFEL focuses their efforts on Tier 1 and 2 and the OSEP funded Center focuses their efforts on Tier 2 and 3. This project is in year 1 and is using a tiered model of intervention approach as part of their conceptual framework in identifying evidence-based practices that promote literacy and language development in young children (0-5. CELL is currently conducting research syntheses on various practices that promote language and literacy. Based on their research syntheses, they will ultimately be developing 6 practice guide tool kits for practitioners and families that address various age levels (infant, toddler, preschooler), formal and informal practices, different literacy related competencies (printrelated and linguistic processing), and the three tiers of intervention. CELL will be providing general TA to a wide audience and working intensively with a small number of States. Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports RtI Websites Project Forum 6 http://www.pbis.org The Center has been established to give schools capacitybuilding information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective schoolwide disciplinary practices. The overall goals of the TA Center on PBIS are to: (a) identify and enhance knowledge about, and practical demonstration of, school-wide PBS practices, systems and outcomes along the three-tiered continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary); and (b) develop, conduct and evaluate technical assistance and dissemination efforts that allow evidence-based practices to be implemented on a large scale with high durability and effectiveness. The PBIS Center has recently released a newsletter article on the relationship between PBIS and RTI. This article can be accessed at http://www.pbis.org/news/New/Newsletters/Newsletter 4-2.aspx http://projectforum.org Project Forum published proceedings from a policy forum held on Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS) jointly sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) in December, 2006 -- Response to Intervention as it Relates to Early Intervening Services: Recommendations. RtI Websites The National High School Center http://www.betterhighschools.org/ RtI Training for California Educators 7 http://www4.scoe.net/rti/ This Center serves as a central source of information and expertise on high school improvement for the Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs). They assist the RCCs in building the capacity of states across the nation to execute the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). They also identify effective programs and tools, offer user-friendly products, and provide high-quality technical assistance to support the use of research-based decisions as they relate to high schools. They have developed a resource that provides an indepth look at the implementation and structural issues, as well as the needed support required to successfully institute Response to Intervention (RTI) at the secondary school level. It defines the RTI models, explores benefits and challenges faced at the high school level, shares a snapshot of implementation at the high school level, and outlines the necessary resources needed to support this work. http://www.betterhighschools.org/docs/NHSC_RTIBrief_0 8-02-07.pdf Provides access to a series of webcasts presented by leading experts in RtI on the following topics: – – – – – RtI – Why Now? What is RtI? Administrative Issues in RtI Instruction in RtI Systems Getting Started with RtI