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Susan Roberts

Literacy Specialist

 
Resources for Differentiated Instruction, Progress Monitoring, Data Management Wednesday, January 13, 2010 02:58 PM

 

Printed References:

 

Allington, Richard L.  No Quick Fix:  Rethinking Literacy Programs in America’s Elementary Schools, the RtI Edition.  Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007.

 

Allington, Richard L. What Really Matters in Response to Intervention:  Research-Based Designs.  Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.

 

Allington, Richard L.  What Really Matters in Fluency:  Research-Based Practices across the Curriculum.  Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.

 

 “Focus should be on teachers in common core initiative.”  Reading Today, vol. 27, No. 1, August/September 2009, 1, 7.

 

Fuchs, Douglas, Fuchs, Lynn S., and Sharon Vaughn, Editors. Response to Intervention:  A Framework for Reading Educators.  International Reading Association, Inc., 2008.

 

Herman, James.  Tennessee Reading First Intervention Guide.  Tennessee Department of Education, 2007.

 

Mesmer, Eric M. and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer.  “Response to Intervention (RTI):  What Teachers of Reading Need to Know.”  The Reading Teacher. Vol. 62, Number 4, December 2008/January 2009.

 

“RTI:  Questions reading professionals should ask.”  Reading Today. Vol. 27, No. 1, August/September 2009, 1, 6.

 

Shores, Cara and Kim Chester.  Using RTI for School Improvement:  Raising Every Student’s Achievement Scores.  Corwin Press, 2009.

 

Consultants:

Allington, Richard L.  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Reading Researcher and Reading Education Professor (personal communication via Email, phone, and in person) summer and fall 2009.

 

Berry, Debbie.  Director of Special Education, Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee (personal communication) fall 2009.

 

Doty, Amanda. School Psychologist, Jefferson County Schools, TN (personal communication regarding RtI plan revisions and mediation) 2009-2010.

 

Herman, James.  Director of Reading and Language Arts, Tennessee Department of Education (personal communication) spring, summer, fall 2009.

 

McDonald, Veronica.  Director of School Improvement for the Division of Special Education, Tennessee Department of Education (personal communication via Email) fall 2009.

 

Parker, Donna.  Director, Response to Intervention, Tennessee Department of Education (personal communication via Email and phone) fall 2009.

 

Schneitman, Mandy.  Director of Student Support Services and author of original RtI plan for Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee (personal communication and original plan as model for revised plan) 2008-2009.

 

Valentine, Tammy.  Assistant Principal with background in Special Education, Sevier County Schools (personal communication and interview regarding her doctoral work with RtI) spring 2009.

 

Walker, Denise.  Special Education Consultant, Jefferson County Schools, TN (personal communication regarding forms for charting) fall 2009.

 

Walker, Lou Ann.  First grade teacher and reading consultant, Sevier County Schools (personal communication and interview) spring 2009. 

 

Webb, Debby.  Special Education Consultant, Jefferson County Schools, TN (personal communication regarding progress monitoring) fall 2009.

 

Seminars:

 

International Reading Association, Annual Conference, Institute on Response to Intervention, Convention Center, Phoenix Arizona, 8:30-5:00,  February 21, 2009.

 

International Reading Association, Southeast Regional Conference, Session on Response to Intervention, James Herman, TN State Dept. of Education and Memphis City Schools,  Nashville, Tennessee,  December 7-10, 2008.

 

Leadership Conference, LEAD Annual Conference, breakout sessions on RtI, Nashville, Tennessee, October 5-7, 2009.

 

Reading Summit, TN Dept. of Education, breakout session, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 2009.

 

Tennessee Reading Association, Annual Conference, breakout session on RtI, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 7-9, 2009.

 

Websites:

 

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html

 

http://www.ccsso.org

 

http://www.nga.org

 

http://www.reading.org/Resources/ResourcesByTopic/ResponseToIntervention/Overview.aspx

 

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/index.html - The Iris Center

 

www.dibels.uoregon.edu - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

 

www.interventioncentral.org - Curriculum based assessment warehouse, behavior interventions

 

www.isteep.com - STEEP

 

www.edformation,com AIMSweb

 

www.w-w-c.org - What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Dept. of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences

 

 www.bestevidence.org - John Hopkins University Center’s Best Evidence Encyclopedia

 

www.ideapartnership.org - IDEA partnership – Differentiated Instruction

 

 www.kc.vanderbilt.edu/pals - PALS reading and math – to accommodate diverse learners

 

www.studentprogress.org - national Center on Student Progress Monitoring

 

www.kucrl.org - University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

 

 www.progressmonitoring.net/CBM - Progress Monitoring for Secondary Students

 

www.progressmonitoring.org - Research Institute on Progress Monitoring

 

 www.promisingpractices.net/default.asp - Promising Practices Network

 

 

 

  

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