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Ideal for use in personnel preparation courses and PD The IRIS Center offers four distinct professional MTSS/RTI The response-to-intervention (RTI) framework has been
activities, IRIS Case Studies ask learners to approach development options: used to improve students’ mathematics proficiency. RTI
realistic instructional scenarios through increasing levels is a type of multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for
of complexity. »»Free Open-access Website – IRIS creates delivering increasingly intensive levels of instruction
a host of materials about evidence-based matched to student needs and based on data.
RTI: Progress Monitoring instructional and behavioral practices. These Additionally:
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»»RTI provides early intervening services to
struggling students to improve their skills.
Take advantage of these opportunities to practice the
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application of basic progress monitoring concepts
within the RTI approach, including the administration
allows users to earn »»RTI can be used to help identify students who
certificates toward their PD have learning disabilities.
and scoring of probes as well as the graphing of
hours. Practitioners can
student progress.
work through a wide variety Benefits
of our modules and—after MTSS/RTI has many potential benefits, including:
RTI: Data-Based Decision Making taking a pre-test and post-
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Learn to examine a student’s progress monitoring completion. who need it
data to determine whether the student is responding
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intensive intervention. administrators can assign modules to individual
teachers or to groups, send reminder emails, »»Reducing inappropriate special education
referrals and placements
Evidence-Based Practice track teacher progress, and export results for

Summaries Tool accountability purposes. »»Providing multiple levels of intervention

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strategies and interventions, including the level of
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MTSS/RTI typically addresses student needs through
information are also available for those who wish to
tiers of increasingly intensive instructional interventions.
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 IRIS Modules IRIS Modules for Implementing RTI
Based on a proven theory of adult learning and
structured around the award-winning STAR Legacy RTI (Part 1): RTI (Part 5): Classroom Assessment (Part 2):
instructional cycle, IRIS Modules offer in-depth looks An Overview A Closer Look at Tier 3 Evaluating Reading Progress
at topics relevant to educators through text, graphics, iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/rti01 iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/rti05 iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/rpm
interactive activities, interviews with experts and
This module addresses: Learn how a school: Learn about:
educators, and video demonstrations. User-friendly,
approachable, and highly engaging, our modules are »»Purposes of RTI »»Identifies students who need intensive intervention »»Using curriculum-based measurement in reading
made up of five components: »»Benefits of RTI »»Implements Tier 3 reading interventions »»Administering and scoring reading probes
»»Different approaches to RTI »»Assesses response to Tier 3 intervention »»Graphing student progress

RTI (Part 2): RTI: Intensive Intervention (Part 1):

Assessment Considerations for School Leaders Using Data-Based Individualization To Intensify Instruction
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»»Universal screening »»School-wide support »»Data-based individualization
»»Progress monitoring »»Factors for building an infrastructure »»Intensifying and individualizing academic
Challenge: A case-based video scenario that »»Data-based decision making »»Evaluation of the implementation process interventions
introduces the topic and invites inquiry »» Adaptations for intensifying instruction

Initial Thoughts: Questions that activate learners’ RTI (Part 3): MTSS/RTI: Intensive Intervention (Part 2):
prior knowledge about the topic Reading Instruction Mathematics Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization
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and accessible content developed using instructional Learn about: Learn about: Learn about:
design principles
»»High-quality instruction at each tier »»The RTI framework and instruction at each tier »»Data-based instructional decisions
Wrap Up: A summary of the module content
»»Instructional practices »»Assessments and data-based decision making »»Collecting and analyzing progress monitoring data
Assessment: An opportunity for learners to evaluate »»Core reading components »»RTI in elementary, middle, and high school »»Using data to make instructional adaptations
what they have learned or need to study further

RTI (Part 4): Classroom Assessment (Part 1):

Putting It All Together An Introduction to Monitoring Academic Achievement in
iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/rti04 the Classroom
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»»Training and preparation Learn about:
»»Coordinating assessment procedures and high- »»Identifying appropriate progress monitoring probes
quality reading instruction
»»Implementing progress monitoring
»» Factors that influence effective implementation
»»Communicating progress to students, parents,
and other teachers