RTI in the Common Core Classroom: A Framework for Instruction and Assessment

by Sharon Vaughn, Philip Capin, Garrett J. Roberts, Melodee A. Walker

Overview

Schools and teachers have struggled to integrate Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their local Response to Intervention (RTI) systems. This book offers an adaptable framework and practical tips to assist educational professionals charged with making this connection in their schools, districts, and classrooms for English language arts. Based on years of experience, we know that students perform best when provided with research-based instruction, frequent progress monitoring, and timely and targeted interventions. Focusing on what the research tells us about how children learn, this highly practical guide can serve as the core of language arts instruction. RTI in the Common Core Classroom will guide today’s classroom teachers, reading coaches, and administrators in their efforts to support all students in meeting literacy standards, including individuals with mild to moderate disabilities.

Book Features:

• A research-based, innovative approach for implementing RTI and the Common Core curriculum.
• Effective teaching and assessment practices in foundational reading skills, reading comprehension, and writing.
• User-friendly design including, research highlight boxes, recommended reading lists, questions for professional learning communities, prompts, sample assignments, student writing excerpts, a Q & A section, and a trait-weighting table.

“Sharon Vaughn is the perfect classroom expert to help teachers mesh the requirements of any RTI program with high standards, whether they be CCSS, state, or local.”
—Susan B. Neuman, New York University

“Teaching to the unique abilities of an increasingly diverse group of students is a persistent challenge in public education. Whether used in a Common Core classroom or school system, Dr. Vaughn’s new book is yet another invaluable tool for teachers and leaders to use RTI to accelerate achievement for all students.”
—Larkin Tackett, executive director, Austin Region, IDEA Public Schools

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807774304
Publisher:	Teachers College Press
Publication date:	01/27/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Sharon Vaughn holds the H.E. Hartfelder Regents Chair at The University of Texas and is the executive director of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER). Her coauthors, Philip Capin, Garrett J. Roberts, and Melodee A. Walker are all doctoral students at The University of Texas at Austin and affiliated with MCPER.

Table of Contents

Foreword Russell Gersten ix

Preface xi

1 How RTI Connects to the Common Core 1

Development and Goals of CCSS 2

The CCSS and RTI: Rigorous Standards in a Multitiered Framework 3

Core and Intensified CCSS-Aligned Instruction in an RTI Framework 12

Key Differences: Foundational Skills and Reading for Meaning 13

Meeting the Expectations of the Common Core 18

RTI Implementation: Lessons Learned from the Field 19

Summary 20

2 Developing Foundational Reading Skills 23

Successful Tier 1 Foundational Skills Instruction 25

Tier 1 Practices Targeted to Each Foundational Reading Strand 31

Assessing Foundational Reading Skills 39

Intensifying Instruction 43

Summary 45

3 Using Narrative and Informational Text to Enhance Comprehension 47

Anchor Standards for Reading 49

Effective Tier 1 Comprehension Practices 51

Assessing Reading Comprehension Skills 66

Intensifying Reading Comprehension Instruction 69

Summary 70

4 Writing within an RTI System of Support 73

CCSS: Four Applications of Writing Skills 74

Evidence-Based Writing Practices for All Students 81

Intensifying Instruction: Principles for Promoting a Productive Writing Environment for Struggling Students 92

Assessing Writing Skills 95

Summary 96

5 Content Area Reading Instruction Within an RTI System of Support 100

Teaching Essential Words: Vocabulary Instruction in the Content Area 101

Teaching Many Words in a Content Theme 106

Reading Comprehension Practices within Content Area Instruction 108

Summary 121

6 Questions and Answers for Teachers 123

Glossary 129

References 131

Index 137

About the Authors 145

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From the Publisher

"Sharon Vaughn is the perfect classroom expert to help teachers mesh the requirements of any RTI program with high standards, whether they be CCSS, state, or local."
—Susan B. Neuman, New York University

"Teaching to the unique abilities of an increasingly diverse group of students is a persistent challenge in public education. Whether used in a Common Core classroom or school system, Dr. Vaughn’s new book is yet another invaluable tool for teachers and leaders to use RTI to accelerate achievement for all students."
—Larkin Tackett, executive director, Austin Region, IDEA Public Schools