Website: IRIS RTI Module: https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti01-overview/ Assessment: Please answer the questions below. If you have difficulty answering them, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in the Module. 1) What are the two options for identifying students with learning disabilities? Briefly summarize each one. 2) List at least four benefits of using an RTI approach with struggling students. 3) Compton is a first-grade student at Rosa Parks Elementary School. His teacher, having administered a universal screening measure, has identified Compton as a struggling reader. Name and explain the first step in the RTI approach that she should consider when trying to help Compton. Keep in mind that Rosa Parks uses the standard protocol approach. 4) What is the biggest issue with being a struggling reader? About how many students struggle with reading in elementary school? 5) Assume that your recommendation for Question 3 was implemented; unfortunately, Compton's progress continues to be insufficient. Name and explain the next step in the RTI approach. 6) With the graph shown, complete questions A and B. Standard 70 85 100 115 130 Scores Standard -2 -1 O 1 2 Deviations Grade 2.0 2.9 4-7 7.3 10.4 Equivalents IQ Score 100 Reading Score 100 a) Identify two standard deviations below normal. b) Identify one standard deviation above normal. 7) Are students A and B performing above or below grade level? Explain why or why not. 8) What is the IDEA? What are the two main purposes of RTI? 9) What are the main components than make up RTI? 10) Describe primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions. 11) The teachers as Rosa Parks Elementary have decided that rather than implement RTI so late in the year, they are going to start next year with their first grade classrooms. What do you think could be some benefits of waiting until the new year? What do you think could be some negatives about waiting until the new year? Explain your thinking. EDSE 150/501: RTI Module Assignment - Neyman.R.Sp. 18 - 31