Read the Following Scenarios and Indicate Which Students Have Made

Essay

Read the following scenarios and indicate which students have made progress and which students may require a change in intervention:
A. Jackie's RTI committee determined that Jackie would need to demonstrate an increase in reading comprehension by responding correctly to 9 of 10 probe questions following her reading passages for a period of at least 6 weeks to indicate that she was responding to the intervention. Jackie's results for the past 8 weeks are:
Week 1- 6/10
Week 2 - 5/10
Week 3 - 6/10
Week 4 - 7/10
Week 5 - 8/10
Week 6 - 8/10
Week 7 - 8/10
Week 8 - 9/10
Has Jackie met the requirement? ____
Would Jackie's intervention need to change? _____
B.Kent’s teacher and the other members of the RTI committee designed an intervention for math. The committee included a percent change criterion of 90% for a period of 4 weeks. At the end of the first 4-week period, Kent had an 80% change. At the end of the second 4-week period, Kent had a 78% change. Has Kent met the requirement set by the committee? ___________ Would Kent’s intervention need to change? ________
C.John participates in a behavioral intervention plan to increase positive social interactions with his peers. The committee examined his PNDs and noted that his PNDs for the last intervention period reached 95%. At what level of effectiveness is the response to intervention? Would John’s intervention need to change?
D.Lupita is a kindergarten student who has been participating in a program to decrease tantrum behavior when she is asked to comply with teacher directions. Lupita’s RTI committee set the requirement that response to intervention would be indicated when Lupita had a percent change of 95% across a period of 8 weeks. At the end of the 8-week period, Lupita reached the 95% mark; however, school staff noted that the behavior improvements were realized only when Lupita was in the classroom setting and only when her teacher was present. They noted that Lupita’s tantrum behavior continued when she was asked to comply with instructions from the librarian, the cafeteria staff, and during recess when other teachers provided instructions.
Has Lupita met the requirement set by the committee? ________
Would Lupita’s intervention need to change? _________