[MOSAIC] RTI

[Tracy Gaestel]

In our school district, RTI cannot be a special ed function it has to be  
in the general ed arena.

Tracy

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:18:16 -0700, <jdelich at springfield.k12.il.us> wrote:

> Respone to Intervention (scientific, or course). RtI is being used by  
> special ed departments in delivery of services to individual and small  
> groups of students.
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> mosaic at literacyworkshop.org wrote:
>>
>> what is rti?
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>>
>> Leslie
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>> NY
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>> K-8
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org
>> Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:40 pm
>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI
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>> My district started investigating RTI last year and we are using  the  
>> tiering
>> system this year. I'm an AIS reading teacher. Because of the tiering   
>> we have
>> some groups limited to 3 kids (tier 3) and 6 kids (tier 2). We have  
>> not  been
>> told to use any specific program yet, but I could see it coming because  
>> of
>> the need for frequent progress monitoring. That is different from our  
>> previous
>> AIS where the kids were formally assessed 3 times a year with DRA or QRI
>> testing. Our school psychologist is pushing for DIBELS, but after using  
>> it
>> briefly and reading the book by Elaine Garan where she addresses valid  
>> reasons
>> for
>> not using it, I'm hoping we won't. Is your district advocating the  
>> Options
>> program because they wanted a common intervention for all tier 3 kids?  
>> I'd also
>> like to hear from other interventionists and if RTI has hit their   
>> districts.
>> Michelle, NY 2-5 Reading
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