Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

The Center on Instruction has recently posted a presentation in PDF format that describes an example of a multi-tiered intervention model for math in grades K–2. The presentation includes a PowerPoint, transcript, and other resources on math interventions within a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework.

The U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse recently released a guide providing eight specific recommendations intended to help teachers, principals, and school administrators use Response to Intervention (RTI) to identify students who need assistance in mathematics and to address the needs of these students through focused interventions. The practice guide provides suggestions on how to carry out each recommendation and explains how educators can overcome potential roadblocks to implementing the recommendations.

The California Department of Education has created five 1.5 hour long videos on the topic of RTI. The videos can be viewed on your computer free of charge.

The Center on Instruction created an online resource containing both a web-based self-assessment and resource filtering tool that SEAs can use to determine their level of RTI implementation, and find resources that are relevant to their needs. The self-assessment allows users to determine their current implementation activities within several elements of RTI; the results of the assessment yield a unique set of useful resources that may provide guidance as RTI is further implemented given the user's current implementation level.

The Center on Instruction recently published a document describing eight states' efforts to implement RTI. A planning meeting with representatives from each of the eight participating states and their respective Regional Comprehensive Centers was held in March 2008. Participants identified important implementation considerations and recommended technical assistance strategies related to the implementation of RTI at the state level. This document summarizes the findings from the meeting. In addition, a series of frequently asked questions about state-level RTI implementation is interspersed throughout the document.

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. It found that seven jurisdictions have developed state documents on RTI that address core features of RTI identified by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities: high quality classroom instruction, research-based instruction, classroom performance, universal screening, continuous progress monitoring, research-based interventions, progress monitoring during interventions, and fidelity measures.

The Special Education Section of the Idaho Department of Education in association with the Idaho Training Clearinghouse has created an electronic learning community on Response to Intervention. The site contains links and documents to RTI resources specific to the state of Idaho as well as links to general information from various internet sites.

This publication is based on the presentation by Dr. Doug Marston, Special Education Administrator, Minneapolis Public Schools at the Response to Intervention Symposium April 12, 2006.

The Center on Instruction has produced a document describing implementation of RTI at five schools across the country, with particular focus on instruction and the use of effective practices. A "frequently asked questions" (FAQ) format is used, with answers based on the collective experience of the five schools (three elementary, one intermediate, and one middle school) that are implementing elements of RTI, including evidence-based instruction, progress monitoring, structures for regulating the intensity of intervention, and professional development.