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Title bullet Building Capacity for Response to Intervention (RTI) in Texas Schools

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This project is part of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER) within the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin.

Funded by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the project team collaborates with members of another MCPER team, the Special Education Research Project-Mathematics (SERP Math), to inform its technical assistance efforts in promoting the implementation of RTI in early reading and math instruction.

Major Building RTI Capacity project activities include:
  • Implementing and sustaining 3-Tier Response to Intervention Models - Project staff members provide technical assistance and professional development to two Texas elementary schools implementing RtI through a 3-Tier Model in both reading (K-3) and mathematics (K-2.) The successes and challenges of the prototype schools' implementation processes are described on this Web site as a resource for interested educators.
  • Building statewide capacity for RtI implementation - Project team members collaborate with RTI specialists in the Education Service Centers (ESCs) and large urban districts to enhance their expertise in the area of RtI. Team members support technical assistance and professional development efforts of RtI specialists at the ESCs and districts, including conducting professional development in regional locations.
  • Disseminating information on RtI - Project team members regularly conduct conference presentations and update this Web site with new information and tools about Response to Intervention. The project team also collaborates with the Texas Education Agency to present the 2009 RtI Leadership Summit.