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 http://www.education.ne.gov/• 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:• http://www.education.ne.gov/• Go to “Special Education”• Go to “Technical Assistance”• Look at documents such as:

o Verification Guidelines: Revised SLD Section (PDF 2011)

o Verification Guidelines: Questions and Answers (PDF 2008)

o Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Videos o Verification Guidelines Disability Specific Power Poi

nt 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.

Thank You!Evaluation at: www.esu6pdsurveys.wikispaces.com