Response to Intervention Blueprints
Author: Kurns, S., Tilly, W.D.
Publisher: National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008
Full text available online at: http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/SCHOOL.pdf
Abstract (written by WestEd)
This blueprint is the second in the series of three Blueprints. The District Level Blueprint is available, and the state-level counterpart is forthcoming. The purpose of the series is to provide a framework around which implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) can be built. The blueprint enumerates the steps within each of the three stages of developing an RTI program: consensus building, infrastructure building, and implementation.
This School Building Level Blueprint outlines the components of a school-level strategy to implement RTI district-wide and provide ongoing support to individual sites. As every school and student population is unique, the framework allows for flexibility in selecting practices consistent with the basic principles of creating school-based RTI programs. For each of the three stages of implementation, there are several actions and steps. Each step is displayed in a matrix with resources available and “wisdom from the field” from many RTI implementations throughout the United States. A school building level self-assessment tool is keyed to the overall document.
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From WestEd.org
This issue of R&D Alert provides a sampling of what WestEd has been learning related to assessment. Articles focus on: assessment as an important tool in the professional development of educators; classroom-based science assessments; ensuring that assessments are appropriate for students whose cultural backgrounds differ from the mainstream; assessing the well-being of youth and families in newly immigrant populations; and state and district policies to ensure the appropriate participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment systems.
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