1. RtI and it’s implications on music classes at the elementary level
Katie Bush

2. What is RtI? Response to Intervention
General Education initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education Special Education Office, written into federal law in the 2004 renewal of IDEA to IDEIA
Multi-tiered instruction (usually 3)
Tiers 2 and 3 - targeted small group instruction
Same model also used for behavior intervention

3. How does it affect my class?
Pullouts from special area classes
Pullouts from non-tested classroom areas: Science, Social Science, Calendar
Loss of instruction time
MAP testing

4. What do I want to know?
If the growth from the interventions merits the loss of learning in other subject areas

5. What I am going to do- Part I
Survey
I will survey music teachers and administrators in Lake County, Illinois.
Questions to include:
Grades taught
Frequency of music class
Where pullout services occur in the day
Driving factors for the schedule

6. Part II Collect data Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
Computer based test that adapts to the student’s answers
Students are tested 2-3 times yearly
Compare data from fall and spring tests

7. Part III
Journal
Anecdotal references from students concerning missing music class due to pullout services
Answers coded and tabulated for frequency

8. Data Analysis Survey-descriptive statistics
MAP test data- Effect size using Cohen’s d
Journal-descriptive statistics and frequency counts

9. Questions
Thoughts?