Decision Rules Include…  Assessments used  How data are validated  Program Placement  Criteria for making instructional decisions at each tier (identify students that need interventions)

Who uses the rules?  Grade-level teams  Specialists (Title I, Special Education, Reading Coach, Counselor, etc…)  PLC’s  SATs

Decision Rules for Moving Between Tiers  Number of data points needed to determine effectiveness of intervention  Intervention Implementation Data  Intervention occurred at least __% of the time  Cannot proceed until student has completed __ intervention sessions  Integrity was checked _ (with what frequency) and was done with at least _% adherence

Effective Tier II and III Decision Rules Consider…  Rate/Slope of progress  Level of performance  4/5 point rule  Trend Analysis

Effective Tier II and III Decision Rules Decisions...  Increase goal  Maintain support  Decrease support  Increase support

Reporting Requirements  If you plan to use RTI to verify students for special education, then you must submit a plan to NDE.  Implementation Plan Template can be found at Go to “Special Education” Go to “Response to Intervention” Go to “RTI Intervention Plan”

Submitting your RTI Plan to NDE  Currently 3 have submitted their plans but are making some revisions.  Use RTI implementation plan for NDE and attach additional documents.  NDE will not officially approved or not approved plans. Instead, they’ll just provide feedback to districts and ask if they’ve considered things if needed.

Special Education Decision Rules  Resources: Go to “Special Education” Go to “Technical Assistance” Look at documents such as: o Verification Guidelines: Revised SLD Section (PDF 2011) Verification Guidelines: Revised SLD Section (PDF 2011) o Verification Guidelines: Questions and Answers (PDF 2008) Verification Guidelines: Questions and Answers (PDF 2008) o Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Videos Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Videos o Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Power Point Trainings Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Power Point Trainings

What I know after visiting with NDE (Rose Dymacek) …  13 Special Education Verifications See NDE’s verification guidelines  Discrepancy Model (20 pt gap) is only used for SLD  Use of the RTI data is only for SLD  For SLD verification, you may not have to use the discrepancy model (gap) to qualify kids IF you have enough data to support their qualification.

What I know after visiting with NDE (Rose Dymacek) …  As of November 2011, the state and feds have not set any cut scores for achievement tests to qualify students so it’s unclear how they qualify other than unresponsiveness to interventions and data, data, data.  There needs to be evidence that child is not performing according to peers

What I know after visiting with NDE (Rose Dymacek) …  There are no time guidelines for how long we must intervene before they can become a special education student. (No magic #)  In some cases, it might be a ½ semester or full semester.  Documentation MUST occur along the way  Parents can still request an evaluation and school districts must honor that.

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