Response to Intervention Retreat, August 2008

Response to Intervention resources

Response to intervention integrates assessment and intervention to maximize student achievement. With RtI, educators identify and monitor students at risk for poor learning outcomes, and use evidence-based interventions to foster improved achievement. 

TIES, in conjunction with its partners the Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association and the Minnesota Response to Intervention Center, offers training and resources for educators seeking to use RtI.

Web sites for data-based decision-making

• Intervention Central:: A variety of tools and information related to intervention, curriculum-based measurement, RtI and other topics.
• www.ael.org/dbdm/: Data-based decision-making resources for educators from Edvantia and Council of Chief State School Officers.
• National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
• TIES data-based decision-making resources, tools and links, including Excel templates.

Web sites for evidence-based curricula and instruction

• Florida Center for Reading Research
• Oregon Reading First Center
• U.S. Education Department's What Works Clearinghouse
• Promising Practices Network
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education
• Intervention Central: Intervention ideas.
• RtI Action Network

Videos of MESPA Data Retreat Principals Panel

Watch the videos of the discussion by principals of their RtI efforts at the MESPA Data Retreat, August 12, 2008.

Readings for further information

Bernhardt, V. L. (2003). No schools left behind. Educational Leadership. 60(5), 26-30.

Burns, M. & Gibbons, K. (2008). Best practices in evaluating psychoeducational services based on student outcome data. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (eds.), Best practices in school psychology V (2103-16). Bethesda, MD: NASP.

McIntire, T. (2005). Maximizing your mining, part 1 and part 2.

Schmoker, M. (2006). Results now. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Jimerson, S., Burns, M. & VanDerheyden, A. (2008). The handbook of response to intervention: The science and practice of assessment and intervention. New York: Springer.