Jeff Baird Instructional Software Project Manager

1. Technology and Response to Intervention (RtI) Jeff Baird Instructional Software Project Manager

2. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) • RtI Report Overview • RtI Report Logistics • Additional Related Reports • ASD Future plans • RtI Summary

3. Paperwork

4. ASD DataWarehouse ASD Data Warehouse Local Test Scores State Test Scores Demographics Interventions

5. Wait To Fail Model Which of these students will drop out of school in 6 years? What if you wait too long? How long will you wait to offer help?

6. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) RtI Report Overview

7. RtI Report Goals • Organize data efficiently • Monitor student performance • Monitor students' response to specific interventions • Identify patterns and critical decision points • Create qualitative/quantifiable data • Provide easily accessed and relevant reports • Proactively identify At Risk Students

8. Assessment • Demographics Our Data Choices

9. Utilizing RtI Report in the Overall Process • Monitor Assessment Data -PSSA -4Sight -DIBELS -GRL -Rigby -WIDA • Monitor Demographic Data • School Moves • Attendance • Discipline • Data is refreshed nightly (DOD)

10. Utilizing RtI Report in the Overall Process cont… • Implement scientifically proven interventions • Follow explicit rules to decide when students are not making sufficient progress or responding to the intervention

11. RtI Report Uses • Foundation of IST Process • Grade Level Team Meetings • Universal Screener for RtI process • Universal screener for ASD 9th and 10th grade students Twilight School • Evaluates student progress in ASD Twilight Program • Update Teachers at regular intervals

12. RtI Report Uses cont… • Allows measurable checkpoints to baseline At Risk factors • Allows schools at beginning of year to be proactive • Classroom Group Makeup • Appropriate Services • Title I Interventions

13. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) RtI Report Logistics

14. Creating a RtI Report

15. Column Headings Elementary

16. Column Headings Secondary

17. Elementary RtIPoint Calculations

18. Secondary RtIPoint Calculations

19. Move Points • 1 Move = 1 point • Over 2 year time period

20. Attendance Points • 0-9 absences = 0 points • 10 absences = 1 point • 15 absences = 1 point • 20 absences = 1 point • And on…

21. Suspension Points • In School Suspension = 1 point • Out of School Suspension = 2 point

22. Assessment Points • Most Recent Assessment • Advanced Scoring = 0 point • Proficient Scoring = 0 point • Basic Scoring = 1 point • Below Basic = 2 point

23. Course Grades by Rating Period • Secondary only • Most Recent Rating Period • D = 1 point • F = 2 point

24. Total RtI Points • Points subtotaled by (adding shortly): • Behavioral- Moves, Attendance, Discipline • Academic-Assessments and Course Grades • High Points = High Area of Concern • Low Points = Low Area of Concern

25. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) Additional Related Reports Student Profile Report

26. Drill Down to Student Profile Report

27. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) Future Plans

28. RtI Version II • Add: Grade Retention • Add PSSA Science • Monitor and Adjust Point Distribution • Conduct long term validation of Point Distribution • Add: Subtotals based on: • Behavior • Academic

29. ASD RtITetraData DASH

30. TetraData DASH • Data updated daily (DOD) • Easy to use front-end of Data Warehouse • Puts timely data and reports: Point and Click

31. Allentown School DistrictTechnology and Response to Intervention (RtI) RtI Summary

32. 80/20 Rule (Then & Now) • Then: spent 80% collecting data • Then: spent 20% analyzing data • Now: spend 20% collecting data • Now: spend 80% analyzing and formulating: • Data Driven Decisions

33. Deborah Hartman Director of Special Education Allentown SD "Everyone tells educators "work smarter, not harder" as they wrestle to manage all the new regulations and educational innovations. A group of educators applied their technology skills and educational background to do just that. The TetraData Custom Report system assists colleague educators by putting meaningful bits of data at their fingertips. Tetra Data Custom Reports, developed by the Accountability and Assessment Dept , has the potential to help school systems, large and small, to virtually track student performance indicators and sort at-risk learners to the most able learner within seconds. This system gets an A+ for its teacher friendly appeal as the District embarks on the new framework of Response to Intervention."

34. Tom Smith Lead Reading Teacher: Cleveland Elementary The RTI (Response to Intervention) is a powerful and promising approach to data analysis. It can provide a useful measure of the impact of interventions. Perhaps more importantly, it could be used longitudinally to anticipate and prevent problems. If a student’s score rises significantly, a counselor could investigate and help connect the student with appropriate services before the student reaches a crisis stage. A school district that is constantly putting out fires could be transformed into one that anticipates and prevents problems.

35. ASCD ExpressAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development http://www.ascd.org/ascd_express/vol4/406_holben.aspx

36. Wait To Fail? Not with RtI!

37. Allentown School District:Technology and Response to Intervention (RtI) Questions?

38. ASD Contact Information • Dr. Diane Holben: Director of Accountability and Assessment • holbend@allentownsd.org • 484-765-4180 • Jeff Baird: Instructional Software Project Manager • bairdj@allentownsd.org • 484-765-4060 • Robin Powlus: Ast. Director of Accountability and Assessment • powlusr@allentownsd.org • 484-765-4053