1. No, Not the Drivers Again! (Or, RTI is a Journey Not a Destination)

2. Good Intentions Actual Supports Years 1-3 Outcomes Every Teacher Trained Fewer than 50% of the teachers received some training Fewer than 10% of the schools used the CSR as intended Every Teacher Continually Supported Fewer than 25% of those teachers received support Vast majority of students did not benefit Aladjem & Borman, 2006; Vernez, Karam, Mariano, & DeMartini, 2006 Longitudinal Studies of a Variety of Comprehensive School Reforms Failure to Improve

3. Students cannot benefit from interventions they do not experience Teachers and staff have to change if students are to benefit “For too long we have focused on the what and not paid enough attention to the how” Rob Horner Dobson & Cook (1980) Breakthrough

4. © Fixsen & Blase, 2008 Performance Assessment (Fidelity) Coaching Training Selection Systems Intervention Facilitative Administration Decision Support Data System Integrated & Compensatory Competency Drivers Organization Drivers Leadership AdaptiveTechnical Successful Student Outcomes RTI Integrity and Sustainability Capacity to Provide Direction/Vision of Process Staff Competence Organization Supports

5. Student Benefits Technical Integrated & Compensatory Performance Assessment (Fidelity) Coaching Training Selection Systems Intervention Facilitative Administration Decision Support Data System InnovationOrganization Leadership Adaptive Exploration (Sustainability) Installation (Sustainability) Initial Implementation Full Implementation (Effectiveness & Sustainability) Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005 2 – 4 Years Implementation Takes Time

6. Stages of Implementation: “We build on this shifting sand” (Dean Fixsen, 2011) 2 - 4 Years Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005 EXPLORATION INSTALLATION INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION FULL IMPLEMENTATION Integrated & Compensatory Competency Drivers Organization Drivers Leadership Drivers

7. State Implementation & Scaling up Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) SISEP 7 Oregon PBIS Initiative RTI is one Evidenced Based System The real Paradigm shift is the installation of a systematic framework to support Evidence Based Systems

8. SISEP Center State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) www.scalingup.org Dean Fixsen and Karen Blase National Implementation Research Network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rob Horner University of Oregon George Sugai University of Connecticut