One More Piece of the RTI Puzzle Zones

One More Piece of the RTI Puzzle: Zones of Growth for Students Receiving Tier 2 Instructional Supports Hank Fien, Ph. D. Center for Teaching and Learning October, 23, 2007

Objectives 1. RTI: Not just for Tier 3 or SPED decisionmaking 2. Review Going from All to Each (GATE) Map 3. Moving from Systems to Students 4. Introduction to Zones of Growth and Data Analyses 5. Zones of Growth Case Example and Practice

RTI Reality Check • RTI Will Fail, Unless… – Burns, M (2007) Communique • Using an RTI model to guide early reading instruction: Effects on identification rates for students learning disabilities – Torgesen, J. (2007) Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University Policy Brief

Tier 2 Supports TIER Tertiary DIBELS INSTRUCTIONAL RECOMMENDATION Intensive/At Risk/Deficit INSTRUCTIONAL PLACEMENT Part Core + Replacement Program ASSESSMENT PLAN • Progress Monitoring: 2 -4 x Month • In-Program Assessments • Diagnostic Assessment • Screening & Outcome Assessment • Secondary Primary Strategic/Some Risk/Emerging Benchmark/Low Risk/Established Core Reading Program + Supplement Core Reading Program • • Progress Monitoring: 2 -4 x Month In-Program Assessments Screening & Outcome Assessment • Progress Monitoring: Term • In-Program Assessments • Screening & Outcome Assessment

Is the Strategic System Healthy?

School A: Is the Strategic System Healthy? Let’s look at the Oregon Norms. Not quite.

Initiate Systems-level problem solving for Strategic System

School B: Is the Strategic System Healthy? Let’s look at the Oregon Norms. Relatively, yes.

Is the Strategic instructional support effective for EACH individual student? • No, it is effective for over 70 percent, but not all. • For the students not making adequate progress Initiate Preventative problem-solving, including diagnosing problem*, intervention modification, and short term goal setting OR place student in Intensive support. • How should we set short term goals? What would adequate growth look like? What kind of growth would put the odds in the favor of strategic students to reach grade level goals? What kind of growth rates would significantly place a strategic student at risk for not reaching grade level goals? • Let’s look at Zones of Growth Analyses…

Zones of Growth Analyses Based on Seven Factors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Fall Instructional Recommendation divided into 2 groups: High and Low (e. g. High and Low Strategic) Fall ORF score range Percentile range Yearly growth rates Weekly growth rates Growth zone category (favorable, coin flip, unacceptable) Probability of meeting grade level* criterion or for students with intensive needs, significantly reducing their risk

Zones of Growth for 2 nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Benchmark Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly Growth Weekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (40 th Percentile SAT 10) High Benchmark 67 and above 61 st-99 th 45 or greater 1. 25 or more Favorable . 80 meet 60 th Percentile Low Benchmark 44 -66 40 th-60 th 73 or higher 2. 1 or more Favorable . 70 meet 60 th Percentile 41 -72 1. 14 -2. 0 Acceptable* . 82 40 or lower 1. 11 or less Unacceptable . 20 Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June

Zones of Growth for 2 nd Grade Strategic Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Strategic Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly Growth Weekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (40 th Percentile SAT-10) High Strategic 33 -43 28 th-39 th 51 or greater 1. 4 or more Favorable . 70 36 -50 1 -1. 39 Coin Flip* . 51 35 or below . 97 or less Unacceptable . 19 61 or higher 1. 7 or more Favorable . 70 35 -60 . 97 -1. 6 Coin Flip* . 47 34 or lower . 94 or less Unacceptable . 20 Low Strategic 26 -32 20 th-27 th Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.

Zones of Growth for 2 nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Intensive Instructional Recommendations Fall Instructional Recommendation Fall ORF Score Percentile Ranks (Tech Report 9) Yearly Growth Weekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (30 th Percentile SAT-10) High Intensive 12 -25 7 th-19 th 62 or greater 1. 7 or more Favorable . 70 44. -61 1. 2 -1. 69 Coin Flip* . 52 43 or below 1. 19 or less Unacceptable . 20 Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals (25 th Percentile SAT-10) Low Intensive 0 -11 1 st-6 th 61 or higher 1. 69 or more Favorable . 50 27 -60 . 75 -1. 68 Unacceptable . 07 26 or lower . 72 or less Unacceptable . 02 Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.