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“Successful implementation
of RTI is a function of strong
Response to Intervention
leadership, dependent on the
building principal knowing is a “team sport”.
what RTI is and why it is important RtI

to educational reform,
and then leading that reform
in the building.”
Quote from Charlotte Smith, School Psychologist, NKCSD, 2005
David P. Prasse, Ph.D. 2008

“If the only problem

your team ever solves “The end of the RtI process is
is who to refer to Special Education, not Special Education;
then it’s not a real
it’s when the student’s
Problem Solving Team.”
problem is solved.”
Quote from Charlotte Smith, School Psychologist, NKCSD, 2005

Quote from Chris Montgomery, St. Louis RPDC, 2008

“RtI is not an
educational kidney stone;
where we endure the pain,
hoping it will pass.”
“It will take each of us
to reach all of them.”

Quote from Dennis Dorsey, Director, St. Louis RPDC, 2008

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premise

“The quality of a school as a The practices of RtI

learning community can be measured are more a process or journey
by how effectively it addresses than product or destination.
the needs of its struggling students.”
They do, however, offer
Wright (2005) It’s not about what
we call him, but the research based promise
what we do for
him! of better outcomes
for our students.

RtI

interventioncentral.org

In the past, “The greatest danger

the message communicated for most of us is not that our
to General Educators aim is too high and we miss it,
has often been that but that it is too low
we were not capable of- and we reach it.”
or at the very least responsible for-
Michelangelo
meeting the needs of
all of our students.

“It’s so much easier to

“The best way to solve a suggest solutions
problem is to prevent it.” when you don’t know too
much about the problem.”
Malcolm Forbes

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“When solving problems,

dig at the roots instead of
hacking away at the leaves.” “Wishing,
of all the strategies,
Anthony J. D’Angelo is the worst.”
Andrew Young

“When the only tool you own

is a hammer,
every problem begins to “Insanity is continuing
resemble a nail.” to do the same thing
Abraham Maslow over and over and
expecting different results.”

Albert Einstein

“Research has shown that teachers

“However who collect and maintain
beautiful performance data on which they
the strategy, base decisions about the teaching
you should and learning process and the
occasionally effectiveness of their instruction
look at the are more effective teachers than
results.”
Winston Churchill those who do not and merely rely on
‘clinical judgment’ only.”
Fuchs & Fuchs, 1987

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“The purpose of assessment is
to provide information which can
be used to improve instruction.
Any effective assessment
program must be easily
administered, take little time
away from instruction, allow for
simple comparisons, and must
be easily interpreted.”
Dr. Doug Buchanan
“Sometimes we are too busy
mopping the floor
to turn off the faucet.”
“Things that are not regularly
inspected- - -decay.”
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“Without question, effective, efficient,
productive instruction is impossible
without sound assessment. A sound
assessment method is one that provides
the most direct view of student
performance- - -that permits the
strongest inferences from the
assessment results to the actual status of
the achievement target.”
Richard J. Stiggens 1997
“There is nothing so unequal
as the equal treatment
of unequals.”
“When it is obvious that the
goals cannot be reached,
don’t adjust the goals,
adjust the action steps.”
Author Unknown
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Unintended Consequences
Sp
ecia
(From Tilly, D. 2003)
l Ed
uc
ati
on “In times of change,
it is the learner who inherits the
future. The learned usually find
themselves beautifully equipped
Sea of Ineligibility to live in a world
General Education
that no longer exists.”
Eric Hoffer

Never doubt that a small group

of thoughtful, committed
people can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing
that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Teaching our students is like a parachute jump:

we have to get it right the first time!

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“A multi-tiered system of integrated

services brings all stakeholders
together in collaborative efforts to
proactively and effectively problem
solve, which allows for early
identification of struggling students
who require additional support in
order to succeed academically,
socially, emotionally and behaviorally.”
Dr. Trevis Killen