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Progress Monitoring Campus RTI Implementation: The RTI – Data Management Tool (RTI-DMT)

Pamela Bell, Ph.D.

Region X 2011 Fall RTI Leadership InstituteNovember 8, 2011Mesquite, TX

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The Building RtI Capacity Project• Is funded by the Texas Education Agency

• Develops and disseminates resources to facilitate RtI implementation in Texas schools

• Partners with Education Service Center (ESC) RtI Liaisons to provide professional development to schools

• Maintains Web site: buildingRTI.utexas.org

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Objectives

• Provide an overview of the Campus Leadership Response to Intervention Data Management Tool (RTI-DMT)

• Demonstrate how to use the RTI-DMT• Time permitting, illustrate how campus leaders

can use the RTI-DMT to monitor at-risk students’ progress to achieve campus goals

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Overview of the RTI-DMT• Reflects campus implementation of a multi-

tiered model of Response to Intervention (RTI)

• Can be customized to reflect intervention content area(s), assessment measures used, and duration of intervention periods

• Provides a “snapshot” of interventions provided to at-risk students at classroom, grade, and campus levels

• Promotes collaboration among grade-level teams

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Overview of the RTI-DMT (cont.)

• Provides the campus leadership team with data to monitor progress towards campus goals

• Uses data to identify additional needs for professional development support

• Provides information for allocation of resources (staff, scheduled instructional time)

• Serves as a means of reporting success to stakeholders

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How the RTI-DMT worksLinked Excel spreadsheets…. • Generate summaries for

• classroom teachers• grade-level teams• campus (all grade-levels)

• Create a display (spreadsheets, pie charts, etc.) for each level at “data decision points”

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How to Use the RTI-DMT: Teacher Data Summary worksheet

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Enter information at the top of the form: • teacher name• content area • grade• school year• dates for intervention period, • intervention entry/exit criteria

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How to Use the RTI-DMT (cont.)

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Consider the campus RTI implementation plan that specifies how intervention instruction is provided in each intervention level• General Ed Core/Small Group Only

(no intervention but progress monitor)• General Ed. Additional Intervention Time (Tier 2)• Specialist Additional Intervention Time (Tier 2 or 3)

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How to Use the RTI-DMT (cont.)

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Next, assign each student to an Intervention Setting with the appropriate level of intensity to meet their needs:• General Ed Core/Small Group Only• General Ed. Additional Intervention Time (Tier 2)• Specialist Additional Intervention Time(Tier 2 or 3)

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How to use the RTI-DMT: Grade-level Team Decisions

1. Look at the number of students and their preliminary assignments overall

2. Provide rationale for preliminary assignments and discuss needs of groups

3. Negotiate assignments (e.g., too many students assigned to the specialist)

4. May re-group students across teachers

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How to Use the RTI-DMT: Campus Leadership Team Decisions1. Examine intervention settings provided to

students across grade levels

2. Problem-solve alternatives to provide interventions when too many students are assigned to the specialist, or not served at all

3. Discuss optional adjustments (entry/exit criteria, amount of time, schedule, etc.)

4. Ask grade-level teams to make adjustments

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After the first intervention period, recycle through the process

• Remember to update spreadsheets at each data decision point

• Review data

• Examine the movement of students across intervention settings

• Make decisions to accelerate at-risk student progress to meet goals

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Using the RTI-DMT to monitor progress toward campus goals

• Analysis over time is now possible!

• Compare data between data decision points

• Determine if interventions are meeting student needs

• Strategize ways to accelerate student learning

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Using the RTI-DMT to Monitor Progress: Analyze EOY Data

• Identify students who did not adequately respond to the interventions and design a plan to address their needs on the first day of school

• Look for patterns to address in campus planning• Strategize to minimize impact of summer break

on student gaps in learning

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Using the RTI-DMT to Monitor Progress Toward Campus Goals

• Engage staff in establishing goals for the upcoming school year

• Use data to support staff buy-in, especially with new staff

• Communicate success with stakeholders

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Web Site and Contact Information

Visit our web site for additional resourceshttp://buildingRTI.utexas.org

For questions, contact us atinfo@buildingRTI.utexas.org

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