One More Piece of the RTI Puzzle:

Zones of Growth for Students Receiving Tier 2 Instructional

Supports

Hank Fien, Ph.D.

Center for Teaching and Learning

October, 23, 2007

Objectives

1. RTI: Not just for Tier 3 or SPED decision-making

2. Review Going from All to Each (GATE) Map

3. Moving from Systems to Students 4. Introduction to Zones of Growth and

Data Analyses5. Zones of Growth Case Example and

Practice

RTI Reality Check

• RTI Will Fail, Unless…– Burns, M (2007) Communique

• Using an RTI model to guide early reading instruction: Effects on identification rates for students learning disabilities– Torgesen, J. (2007) Florida Center for

Reading Research at Florida State University Policy Brief

Tier 2 Supports

TIER DIBELS INSTRUCTIONAL

RECOMMENDATION

INSTRUCTIONAL PLACEMENT

ASSESSMENT PLAN

Tertiary Intensive/At Risk/Deficit

Part Core + Replacement

Program

•Progress Monitoring: 2-4 x Month•In-Program Assessments•Diagnostic Assessment•Screening & Outcome Assessment

Secondary Strategic/Some Risk/Emerging

Core Reading Program + Supplement

• Progress Monitoring: 2-4 x Month

• In-Program Assessments• Screening & Outcome

Assessment

Primary Benchmark/Low Risk/Established

Core Reading Program•Progress Monitoring: Term•In-Program Assessments•Screening & Outcome Assessment

Is the Strategic System Healthy?

School A: Is the Strategic System Healthy?

Let’s look at the Oregon Norms.

Not quite.

Initiate Systems-level problem solving for Strategic System

School B: Is the Strategic System Healthy?

Let’s look at the Oregon Norms.

Relatively, yes.

Is the Strategic instructional support effective for EACH individual student?

• No, it is effective for over 70 percent, but not all.

• For the students not making adequate progress Initiate Preventative problem-solving, including diagnosing problem*, intervention modification, and short term goal setting OR place student in Intensive support.

• How should we set short term goals? What would adequate growth look like? What kind of growth would put the odds in the favor of strategic students to reach grade level goals? What kind of growth rates would significantly place a strategic student at risk for not reaching grade level goals?

• Let’s look at Zones of Growth Analyses…

Zones of Growth Analyses Based on Seven Factors

1. Fall Instructional Recommendation divided into 2 groups: High and Low (e.g. High and Low Strategic)

2. Fall ORF score range3. Percentile range4. Yearly growth rates5. Weekly growth rates6. Growth zone category (favorable, coin flip,

unacceptable)7. Probability of meeting grade level* criterion or for

students with intensive needs, significantly reducing their risk

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Benchmark

Instructional Recommendations

Fall Instructional Recommendation

Fall ORF Score

Percentile Ranks (Tech

Report 9)

Yearly Growth Weekly Growth

Zone of Growth

Probability of Meeting Grade

Level Goals (40th Percentile SAT-

10)

High Benchmark 67 and above

61st-99th 45 or greater 1.25 or more Favorable .80 meet 60th Percentile

Low Benchmark 44-66 40th-60th 73 or higher 2.1 or more Favorable .70 meet 60th Percentile

41-72 1.14-2.0 Acceptable* .82

40 or lower 1.11 or less Unacceptable .20

Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Strategic Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Strategic

Instructional Recommendations

Fall Instructional Recommendation

Fall ORF Score

Percentile Ranks (Tech

Report 9)

Yearly Growth

Weekly Growth Zone of Growth Probability of Meeting Grade

Level Goals (40th Percentile

SAT-10)

High Strategic 33-43 28th-39th 51 or greater 1.4 or more Favorable .70

36-50 1-1.39 Coin Flip* .51

35 or below .97 or less Unacceptable .19

Low Strategic 26-32 20th-27th 61 or higher 1.7 or more Favorable .70

35-60 .97-1.6 Coin Flip* .47

34 or lower .94 or less Unacceptable .20

Note: Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.

Zones of Growth for 2nd Grade Students that Begin the Year with High and Low Intensive

Instructional Recommendations

Fall Instructional Recommendation

Fall ORF Score

Percentile Ranks (Tech

Report 9)

Yearly Growth

Weekly Growth

Zone of Growth

Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals

(30th Percentile SAT-10)

High Intensive 12-25 7th-19th 62 or greater 1.7 or more Favorable .70

44.-61 1.2-1.69 Coin Flip* .52

43 or below 1.19 or less Unacceptable .20

Probability of Meeting Grade Level Goals

(25th Percentile SAT-10)

Low Intensive 0-11 1st-6th 61 or higher 1.69 or more Favorable .50

27-60 .75-1.68 Unacceptable .07

26 or lower .72 or less Unacceptable .02

Note:Weekly growth rates based on 36 weeks of instruction from mid-September to mid-June.