"This book provides strategies and useful tips on how a school can create a positive learning community with RTI practices that affect the learning lives of all students." —Alice Hom, Principal Yung Wing Elementary P.S. 124, NY "Susan L. Hall offers an excellent evidence-based, easy-to-follow program to ensure that all students achieve their fullest potential!" —Barbara P. Misuraca, Exceptional Needs Educator Detroit Public Schools, MI Susan L. Hall eloquently speaks about getting RTI going in your school and what differentiates this book from other books on the same subject. Improve learning for all students through RTI in record time Susan L. Hall asserts that an educator′s job is not done until a school′s RTI practices result in at least 95 percent of its students reading at benchmark levels. This book′s research-based strategies will get you started on the road to achieving those results quickly, efficiently, and successfully. Included are case studies, delivery models, practical tools, reproducibles, analysis worksheets, and forms that can be downloaded from a secure website. This compact guide provides step-by-step instructions for: Effectively implementing RTI in reading for all students Integrating diagnostic and curriculum-based measures in program development Measuring RTI′s impact on student learning RTI is useful for many purposes beyond improving reading and determining special education qualification. It offers schools a unique opportunity to identify, measure, and improve all students′ reading skills. Because improving student reading is what really matters, this book′s focus is consistently riveted to achieving success. Jumpstart RTI shows how to make it happen.

Table of Contents:
Publisher′s Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Why This Book Is Needed Overview of the Contents 1. Ninety-five Percent of Students at Benchmark Is Achievable: A District Example New Approach What Level of Success Is Possible? Professional Development Next Steps Conclusion 2. Getting Ready Motivating Staff: ?Call to Action? Build Buy-In Create the RTI Team Planning Period Conclusion 3. Getting Started Create an Assessment Plan Select a Delivery Model Add Intervention Blocks Year 1: First Half Conclusion 4. Analyzing Data and Forming Groups Curriculum-Based Assessment Diagnostic Assessment Progress Monitoring Regrouping Cycle Systems to Manage the Data Year 1: Second Half Conclusion 5. Delivering Effective Intervention Instruction Characteristics of Effective Intervention Instruction Other Considerations Intervention Materials and Programs Conclusion 6. Initiating a Problem-Solving Process Grade-Level Team Meetings Problem-Solving Meetings RTI Team Meetings Conclusion 7. Referring a Student for Special Education Testing RTI and Special Education Change in Role of Special Education Staff Communication With Parents Conclusion Bibliography Index