Do you know kids who just have GRIT?
I loved this book by Angela Duckworth. Our school had a book club and it was fun discussing it with my co-workers.
Grit, hardcover for $15.19 from Amazon.
Showing posts with label RTI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RTI. Show all posts
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Friday, June 11, 2010
RTI Program at Cedar Middle School
I thought I would blog about how the RTI program works at the school where I work. First of all, RTI stands for Response to Intervention. According to the National Center on Response to Intervention, Response to intervention integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems. With RTI, schools identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities.
Our school first decided to attempt the RTI model three years ago. We decided that the middle school age group was suffering because not enough reading intervention was provided once students were out of elementary school. We decided to give all students in our school the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) and measure what reading level every student was on. This was no small task. We have 900 students in the middle school. It took three weeks and every spare hand we could grab. Teachers were testing on prep times and instructional assistants were watching classrooms so that teachers could help test. This QRI tests is a one-on-one reading test. We gave this test twice that first year. The students who were reading below third grade instructional were assigned to a reading intervention class. This is the TIER 3 level. This was available to all students, not just special education students. It was amazing to see the progress in these students. They were receiving reading instruction daily for 45 minutes and making a lot of progress. Students who were measured at reading on the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade levels were assigned to reading instruction groups for 45 minutes two times a week. This is the TIER 2 level. We teach the Anita Archer reading program, REWARDS, during this time. The students who were reading above fifth grade instructional level were assigned to the TIER 1 level. Classroom teachers are responsible to provide intervention that is needed at this level.
We just finished up the third year of RTI groups and still see growth in the students. For example, at the beginning of the year, we had 148 students in the TIER 2 group. We just ended the year with 109 students. That means 39 students made enough reading growth to exit the intervention groups. I see this as a huge accomplishment. Reading affects students throughout their entire lives. We have used the GRADE reading assessment this year and have found it more time efficient. The test scores are consistent with the QRI and the teachers are more willing to help with testing because it doesn't take as long as the QRI. If you are interested in learning more about the RTI system here is a great website http://www.rti4success.org/
Our school first decided to attempt the RTI model three years ago. We decided that the middle school age group was suffering because not enough reading intervention was provided once students were out of elementary school. We decided to give all students in our school the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) and measure what reading level every student was on. This was no small task. We have 900 students in the middle school. It took three weeks and every spare hand we could grab. Teachers were testing on prep times and instructional assistants were watching classrooms so that teachers could help test. This QRI tests is a one-on-one reading test. We gave this test twice that first year. The students who were reading below third grade instructional were assigned to a reading intervention class. This is the TIER 3 level. This was available to all students, not just special education students. It was amazing to see the progress in these students. They were receiving reading instruction daily for 45 minutes and making a lot of progress. Students who were measured at reading on the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade levels were assigned to reading instruction groups for 45 minutes two times a week. This is the TIER 2 level. We teach the Anita Archer reading program, REWARDS, during this time. The students who were reading above fifth grade instructional level were assigned to the TIER 1 level. Classroom teachers are responsible to provide intervention that is needed at this level.
We just finished up the third year of RTI groups and still see growth in the students. For example, at the beginning of the year, we had 148 students in the TIER 2 group. We just ended the year with 109 students. That means 39 students made enough reading growth to exit the intervention groups. I see this as a huge accomplishment. Reading affects students throughout their entire lives. We have used the GRADE reading assessment this year and have found it more time efficient. The test scores are consistent with the QRI and the teachers are more willing to help with testing because it doesn't take as long as the QRI. If you are interested in learning more about the RTI system here is a great website http://www.rti4success.org/
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