Terms to Know
Intervention:
A change in instructing a student in the area of learning or behavioral difficulty to try to improve performance and achieve adequate progress.
Progress monitoring: A scientifically based practice used to assess students’ academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class.
Scientific, research-based instruction: Curriculum and educational interventions that are research based and have been proven to be effective for most students
Universal screening: A step taken by school personnel early in the school year to determine which students are “at risk” for not meeting grade level standards. Universal screening can be accomplished by reviewing a student’s recent performance on state or district tests or by administering an academic screening to all students in a given grade. Students whose scores on the screening fall below a certain cutoff point are identified as needing continued progress monitoring and possibly more intensive interventions.
ET- Evaluation Team - requests assessments and determines eligibility for disability related services
EIS - Early Intervening Services - funding stream from state and federal grant sources to address disproportionality in the over-identification of Specfic Learning Disabled students and Other Health Impaired students
Progress monitoring: A scientifically based practice used to assess students’ academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class.
Scientific, research-based instruction: Curriculum and educational interventions that are research based and have been proven to be effective for most students
Universal screening: A step taken by school personnel early in the school year to determine which students are “at risk” for not meeting grade level standards. Universal screening can be accomplished by reviewing a student’s recent performance on state or district tests or by administering an academic screening to all students in a given grade. Students whose scores on the screening fall below a certain cutoff point are identified as needing continued progress monitoring and possibly more intensive interventions.
ET- Evaluation Team - requests assessments and determines eligibility for disability related services
EIS - Early Intervening Services - funding stream from state and federal grant sources to address disproportionality in the over-identification of Specfic Learning Disabled students and Other Health Impaired students
RtI - Response to Intervention - process by which RTI Team reviews how a student responds to academic and/or behavioral interventions
RtI Team - a multi-disciplinary team of school professional s who meet on a regular basis to address teachers' (or parents') concerns about struggling students and to help design intervention plans. The team's purpose is to be an effective problem-solving group that:
- assesses teachers' concerns about student academic and/or behavioral difficulties
- identifies student strengths, interests, and talents
- reviews baseline data that has been collected
- sets projected outcomes and methods for measuring progress
- designs specific intervention plans
- reviews and monitors intervention plans
- develops a plan to communicate plan/results with students' parents
