RTI Implementer Webinar Series : What is Screening?

1. RTI Implementer Webinar Series: What is Screening? National Center on Response to Intervention

2. RTI Implementer Series Overview

3. Upon Completion Participants Will Be Able To: • Recognize the purpose and focus of screening • Use the Screening Tools Chart to learn about screening tools • Understand the timeframe for screening

4. Vocabulary Handout Primary prevention

5. Essential Components of RTI

6. Screening • PURPOSE: identify students who are at risk of poor learning outcomes • FOCUS: conducted for all students • TOOLS: involves brief assessments that are valid, reliable, and evidence based • TIMEFRAME: administered more than one time per year (e.g., fall, winter, spring )

7. Examples of Common Screening Processes

8. Purpose of Screening • Identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes • Identity students who need additional assessment (i.e., progress monitoring) and instruction (i.e., secondary or tertiary) • Provide data on the effectiveness of the core instruction and curriculum

9. Focus of Screening • Screening typically includes all students • Two-stage screening process • Stage 1: Universal screening • Stage 2: More in-depth testing or progress monitoring for students who scored at or below the cut score to verify whether they are or are not truly at risk • Should be an educationally valid outcome

10. Screening Tools • Must choose reliable, valid tools that demonstrate diagnostic accuracy • Must choose age-appropriate outcome measures that capture student ability • May have different screeners to assess different outcome measures

11. Student copy CBM Passage Reading Fluency

12. NCRTI Screening Tools Chart • http://www.rti4success.org/screeningTools

13. Tips for Using the Tools Chart • Gather a team • Determine your needs • Determine your priorities • Familiarize yourself with the content and language of the chart • Review the data • Ask for more information

14. 1. Gather a Team • Who should be involved in selecting a screening tool? • What types of expertise and what perspectives should be involved in selecting a tool?

15. 2. Determine Your Needs • For what skills do I need a screening tool? • For which specific academic outcome or measure am I interested in screening? • For what grades do I need a screening tool? • Will this screening tool be used with all students or only a specific subgroup(s) of students? Which subgroup(s)?

16. 3. Determine Your Priorities • Is it a tool that can be purchased for a reasonable cost? • Is it a tool that does not take long to administer and score? • Is it a tool that offers ready access to training and technical support for staff? • Is it a tool that meets the highest standards for technical rigor? • Is it a tool whose effectiveness has been studied and demonstrated in my district or state?

17. 4. Familiarize Yourself With the Content and Language of the Chart • Ratings of technical rigor: • The efficiency of the tool • Implementation requirements for the tool • Detailed data submitted by the vendor

18. Content and Language of Chart Technical rigor: • Classification Accuracy • Generalizability • Reliability • Validity • Disaggregated data

19. Content and Language of Chart Efficiency: • Administration format • Administration and scoring time • Scoring key • Norms/benchmarks

20. Content and Language of Chart Click name of tool to view “implementation table” • Cost of tool • Training required to implement tool • Level of expertise required to administer tool • Training and technical support offered • How scores are reported Implementation Requirements:

21. Content and Language of Chart Click on any rating bubble to view data • Detail about data submitted to TRC. • Look for tools that conducted classification studies with outcome measures and samples similar to your population and outcome of interest. • More information to help you determine which tool(s) is most appropriate for which populations of students. Data:

22. 5. Review the Data

23. 6. Ask for More Information

24. The NCRTI Screening Tool Chart User Guide

25. Timeframe • Screening typically occurs at least three times a year. • Fall, winter, spring • Should remain consistent across school years and sites • Screeners must target skills pertinent to the grade and time the screen is administered. • Delivery option: • Individually administered test: approximately 1–5 minutes • Class-wide tests: range from 2–60 minutes

26. Need More Information? National Center on Response to Intervention www.rti4success.org RTI Action Network www.rtinetwork.org IDEA Partnership www.ideapartnership.org

27. National Center on Response to Intervention This document was produced under U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs Grant No. H326E07000.4 Grace Zamora Durán and Tina Diamond served as the OSEP project officers. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. This product is public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: www.rti4success.org.