One More Piece of the RTI Puzzle: Zones of Growth for Students Receiving Tier 2 Instructional Supports Hank Fien, Ph.D. Center for Teaching and Learning October, 23, 2007

Objectives 1.RTI: Not just for Tier 3 or SPED decision- making 2.Review Going from All to Each (GATE) Map 3.Moving from Systems to Students 4.Introduction to Zones of Growth and Data Analyses 5.Zones of Growth Case Example and Practice

RTI Reality Check RTI Will Fail, Unless… –Burns, M (2007) Communique Using an RTI model to guide early reading instruction: Effects on identification rates for students learning disabilities –Torgesen, J. (2007) Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University Policy Brief

Tier 2 Supports TIERDIBELS INSTRUCTIONAL RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTIONAL PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT PLAN TertiaryIntensive/At Risk/Deficit Part Core + Replacement Program Progress Monitoring: 2-4 x Month In-Program Assessments Diagnostic Assessment Screening & Outcome Assessment SecondaryStrategic/Some Risk/Emerging Core Reading Program + Supplement Progress Monitoring: 2-4 x Month In-Program Assessments Screening & Outcome Assessment PrimaryBenchmark/Low Risk/Established Core Reading Program Progress Monitoring: Term In-Program Assessments Screening & Outcome Assessment

Is the Strategic System Healthy?

School A: Is the Strategic System Healthy? Let’s look at the Oregon Norms. Not quite.

Initiate Systems-level problem solving for Strategic System

School B: Is the Strategic System Healthy? Let’s look at the Oregon Norms. Relatively, yes.

Is the Strategic instructional support effective for EACH individual student? No, it is effective for over 70 percent, but not all. For the students not making adequate progress Initiate Preventative problem-solving, including diagnosing problem*, intervention modification, and short term goal setting OR place student in Intensive support. How should we set short term goals? What would adequate growth look like? What kind of growth would put the odds in the favor of strategic students to reach grade level goals? What kind of growth rates would significantly place a strategic student at risk for not reaching grade level goals? Let’s look at Zones of Growth Analyses…

Zones of Growth Analyses Based on Seven Factors 1.Fall Instructional Recommendation divided into 2 groups: High and Low (e.g. High and Low Strategic) 2.Fall ORF score range 3.Percentile range 4.Yearly growth rates 5.Weekly growth rates 6.Growth zone category (favorable, coin flip, unacceptable) 7.Probability of meeting grade level* criterion or for students with intensive needs, significantly reducing their risk

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Benchmark Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly GrowthWeekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (40th Percentile SAT- 10) High Benchmark67 and above 61st-99th45 or greater1.25 or moreFavorable.80 meet 60th Percentile Low Benchmark th-60th73 or higher2.1 or moreFavorable.70 meet 60th Percentile Acceptable* or lower1.11 or lessUnacceptable.20 Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Strategic Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Strategic Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly Growth Weekly GrowthZone of GrowthProbability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (40th Percentile SAT-10) High Strategic th-39th51 or greater1.4 or moreFavorable Coin Flip* or below.97 or lessUnacceptable.19 Low Strategic th-27th61 or higher1.7 or moreFavorable Coin Flip* or lower.94 or lessUnacceptable.20 Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Intensive Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly Growth Weekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (30th Percentile SAT-10) High Intensive12-257th-19th62 or greater1.7 or moreFavorable Coin Flip* or below1.19 or lessUnacceptable.20 Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (25th Percentile SAT-10) Low Intensive0-111st-6th61 or higher1.69 or moreFavorable Unacceptable or lower.72 or lessUnacceptable.02 Note:Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.