Success with RTI Research-Based Strategies for Managing RTI and Core Reading Instruction in Your Classroom

by Cooper, J. David; Robinson, Michael; Kiger, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780545204545
• ISBN10: 0545204542
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory and Practice)

Summary

All Response to Intervention (RTI) models show core instruction as the foundation of teaching reading. As schools face the challenges of implementing RTI, however, they are discovering that many of the problems they face actually relate to their core instruction. This book provides practical, research-based support to help teachers in grades K-5 improve their core instruction and manage the three tiers of intervention that comprise RTI. The authors also include manageable ideas for monitoring students' progress and interventions strategies for each RTI tier. For use with Grades K-5.

Author Biography

J. David Cooper is a literacy consultant. He was formerly a Professor and the Director of Reading at Ball State University in Indiana. Prior to that, Cooper taught elementary and secondary school. Michael D. Robinson is currently a Curriculum Support Specialist in Curriculum & Instruction, Language Arts/Reading for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami, Florida. Previously, he worked as a Title I Coordinator in Marion Community Schools, Marion, Indiana, where he developed programming for low-performing elementary students. Nancy D. Kiger taught reading, language arts, and children’s literature courses and supervised student teachers. Before her death in 2009, she was a writer and editor for educational publishers.