1. Redwood Area Schools Reede Gray Elementary
Proudly serving the communities of Belview, Morton & Redwood Falls
Redwood Area Schools
Reede Gray Elementary
Reede Gray Elementary is a four section, K-4 school located in Redwood Falls, a rural southwest Minnesota town. Reede Gray Elementary provides all-day everyday Kindergarten and an emphasis on individual growth in reading and mathematics.
426 students in grades K-4
40% free and reduced lunch
27% American Indian
1% English Language Learners
(based on 2008 MDE demographics)

2. Before Joining the MN RtI Center Cohort
Assessment
NWEA fall and spring
Direct Instruction reading programs student data
mastery tests every 5 or 10 lessons
checkouts every 5 lessons
placement assessments
Reede Gray Reading Data Team
Formed beginning with the school year
Collect and analyze individual student data monthly
Assess student progress and placement
Move students among reading groups as needed
Analyze overall reading program progression
Reede Gray Student Support Team
Prereferral team
Suggest interventions

3. Evidence-Based Interventions
Lindamood Bell
Phonemic Awareness Therapy
Visualizing and Verbalizing comprehension therapy
Tier 2 interventions added in
Great Leaps (reading fluency)
FUNNIX ( computer-based Direct Instruction program)
Double dipping (two *Reading Mastery lessons a day)
Lesson review (review the *Reading Mastery lesson)
* direct evidence
promising evidence

4. Success with RtI Implementation
Universal Screening: AIMSweb
Implemented reading measures in Fall 2008
All K-4 students benchmarked three times per year (fall, winter, spring)
Benchmark identifies students that need tier 2 & 3 interventions.
Students below target progress monitored weekly in tier 2 & 3 interventions.
Tier 2 Interventions
Minnesota Reading Corps member (grades K-3)
30 minute interventions for small groups

5. RtI Action Plan Schedule
“Power hour”- 30 minute school-wide intervention time
More teaching staff available to provide interventions
Students do not miss other subjects to receive interventions
Evidence-based interventions
Analyze research for evidence base support our tier 2 & 3 interventions
Analyze student data to determine which interventions are most successful
Increase the progress monitoring used in our Lindamood Bell program
Problem-Solving Team
Form a problem-solving team to
Identify and prioritize student concerns
Develop and monitor tier 3 interventions
Make decisions are based on data

6. Walk & Read: A Tier I Reading Schedule
Grades K-2 share the same 90 minute reading block.
Grades 3-4 share the same 90 minute reading block.
Reading classrooms each have 2 reading groups. The teacher with the assistance of a trained reading paraprofessional deliver the reading lessons.
Students are grouped by reading level, not grade and movement between groups is fluid throughout the school year.

7. Minnesota Reading Corps
Reede Gray Elementary was granted a MN Reading Corps members for the school year.
40 hours per week
Individual student interventions
Assessment using AIMSWeb
Community involvement
Strong professional development support

8. Tier 2 AIMSweb Student Graph
10/13- baseline score
10/20- first progress monitoring assessment, done weekly throughout the intervention
12/15- exited with 4 data points above the aimline
1/5 & 1/19- check for progress without intervention

9. Resources Renee Estebo, Reading Coordinator
Books
Batsche, G., Elliott, J., Graden, J. L., Grimes, J., Kovaleski, J. F., Prasse, D., Reschly, D. J., Schrag, J.,
& Tilly, W. D. (2006). Response to intervention: Policy considerations and implementation.
Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
Bender, W. N., & Shores, C. (2007). Response to intervention: A practical guide for every teacher.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Burns, M. K., Gibbons, K. A. (2008). Implementing response-to-intervention in elementary and secondary schools. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group.
Websites
AIMSweb:
Florida Center for Reading Research website:
MN Response to Intervention Center website:
MN Reading Corps website:
National Association of State Directors of Special Education website:
RtI Action Network website:
Renee Estebo, Reading Coordinator
Redwood Area Schools