Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

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Response to Intervention (RTI)

Essential Components of RTI - A Closer Look at Response to Intervention

E-newsletter: 
June 2010

The National Center on Response to Intervention has published a brief describing the essential components of RTI. The brief provides a definition of RTI, reviews essential RTI components, and responds to frequently asked questions.

Tiered Interventions in High Schools: Using Preliminary "Lessons Learned" to Guide Ongoing Discussion

E-newsletter: 
June 2010

The National High School Center recently released a publication describing the initial work of the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII), a collaborative project of the National High School Center, the National Center on Response to Intervention, and the Center on Instruction. The document summarizes what HSTII has learned thus far about effective RTI implementation in high schools.

Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (Part I)

March 23, 2010
Event sponsored by NWRCC

This three-part webinar series was based on findings from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools.

Contact: 
Jennifer Stepanek, 800.547.6339, ext. 659, Jennifer.Stepanek@educationnorthwest.org

Idaho State Department of Education RTI Conference

April 13, 2010 - April 14, 2010
Event attendance by NWRCC staff
Event of Interest

http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/rti/RTIconference2010/

Contact: 
Nancy Thomas Price, 208-332-6979, nthomasprice@sde.idaho.gov

Features of State Response to Intervention Initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region States

E-newsletter: 
December 2009

REL Northeast published a report detailing the features of state response to intervention initiatives as evidenced by publicly available information from state education agency websites in nine Northeast and Islands Region jurisdictions.

RTI and Disproportionate Representation: An Annotated Bibliography

E-newsletter: 
December 2009

The National Center on Response to Intervention released an annotated bibliography outlining citations for key articles for understanding disproportionate representation. The bibliography is categorized into three sections: Practitioner-oriented, Practitioners Who Want to Learn More, and Research-oriented. While the majority of the articles are research-based, the Research-oriented category has more articles that focus on the technical and conceptual aspects of disproportionality.

RTI, Interventions, and Instruction for ELL Students

October 10, 2008
Event attendance by NWRCC staff

A one-day workshop from 8:30-4:00 at the Mt Hood Community College Auditorium. The fee is $50 per attendee and includes lunch. The three strands include "RTI Considerations for ELL students" by Janette Klingner, U of Colorado; "Reading Interventions for ELL students" by Sylvia Linan-Thompson, U of Texas; and Sonia Schmidt on "Effective Instructional Practices and Curriculum for ELL students".

Contact: 
Lynette Thompson - NWRCC

Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment Webinar

January 23, 2007
Event attendance by NWRCC staff

Webinar that showcased the connections between RTI and neurodevelopment by highlighting multiple programs and their potential impact on student learning.

Teacher Preparation for Response to Intervention in Middle and High Schools

E-newsletter: 
October 2009

This National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality policy brief describes how middle and high school teachers are trained in the RTI process. The tiered model of instruction is used to improve classroom and school results and to achieve the key goals of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act (2002), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004).