SAS and RTII

ED 517Spring 2010

Edward G. Rendell, Governor

Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Education

Standards Aligned SystemIntegration Trainer Professional

Development

Integrating Standards, Assessment, Curriculum Framework, Instruction, Materials & Resources and

Interventions

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pennsylvania’s SAS Web Portal

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Supports for Pennsylvania Educators

RtII PennLink (9/1/09)• Endorses RtII as the assessment and instructional

framework to organize and implement PA’s Standards Aligned System (SAS)

• Connects RtII with Pennsylvania’s School Improvement Process

• Establishes a state-level RtII Team

• Defines RtII implementation and reporting requirements: RtII School Survey

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From RtI to RtII: We gained an ‘I’• Instruction is the Key!

– Promotes the importance of effective instruction in building a strong core (Tier 1)

– Promotes the provision of standards-aligned instruction for all students

– Focuses Tier 2 and 3 implementation efforts on effective instructional practices

– Discourages teams in building Tiers 2 and 3 structures without a strong, standards aligned instructional core

Tier I of the RtII framework provides access to high quality standards based curriculum

and instruction for all students.

RtII organizes assessment practices and requires schools

to use the four types of assessments to determine the

effectiveness of curriculum/intervention and

drive instructional adjustments. Examples,

Summative: PSSA, PVAASBenchmark: 4 Sight

Diagnostic: GRADE, GMADEFormative: Formal and Informal

(progress monitoring, ticket out the door)

RtII organizes curriculum and instruction to ensure

all students receive the standards aligned core

curriculum. ALL staff (Gen, Sp Ed, Title, ESL) assume

responsibility and an active role in instruction in the

core curriculum

High quality instruction is at the heart of RtII. The framework organizes instruction to ensure the use

of high leverage, research-based instructional practices at each Tier. Processes are in place to

ensure instructional fidelity.RtII requires the selection and use of materials and resources that align with standards based

curriculum and research based standard protocols to address specific skill acquisition.

Research-validated interventions are implemented based on the type, level and intensity of student

need.

SAS and RtII: The Connection

What is Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII)?

• A comprehensive standards-aligned school reform strategy that enables early identification and intervention for students needing additional opportunities to learn high level content while providing benchmark students the opportunity to enrich and “grow” their skills and talents

• An alternate to the aptitude-achievement discrepancy model for the identification of students with learning disabilities

Core Characteristics of RtII• Standards aligned instruction in a research-based core

program• Universal screening• Shared ownership of all students• Data-based decision making

– Progress monitoring– Benchmark and Outcome Assessment

• Tiered intervention and service delivery – Research-based interventions– Flexible grouping– Fidelity of Implementation

• Parental engagement