2007 Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring

Are you a teacher interested in learning how to implement student progress monitoring (SPM) in your reading or math classroom? Are you an administrator who would like to learn more about Response to Intervention (RtI) and how the data collected through SPM can be used to make intervention decisions? If so, the 2007 Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring is for you! The 2007 Summer Institute is intended for anyone interested in implementing student progress monitoring to improve achievement for students with disabilities and at-risk students. Sessions are filling fast and the registration deadline is June 10, 2007. Learn more about the 2007 Summer Institute at www.studentprogress.org.

Share Your Experiences at the SI Poster Session
If you have worked to establish student progress monitoring at the state, district, building, or classroom level, we would like to invite you to share with others the lessons you have learned from both your successes and struggles. In addition to providing you with important and useful information about Response to Intervention and teaching you how to use Curriculum-Based Measurement to improve instruction in reading, math, and written expression, the 2007 Summer Institute also offers you the unique opportunity to present your own work to your colleagues.  This year, we are especially interested in hearing your ideas for reducing the time and paperwork burden that can occur with implementation of student progress monitoring in general education classrooms.  

We will hold a one hour reception and poster session following the training workshops on Tuesday, July 10 that will enable you to share your experiences with implementing student progress monitoring. Inspire and encourage others to begin student progress monitoring implementation in their own states, districts, buildings, and classrooms by sharing your successes and challenges with them. Learn more and submit your poster proposal at http://www.studentprogress.org/summer_institute/
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Did You Miss Our Webinar on SPM in Math?
If so, you can still access the recording here.

OSEP Director Posny Leaves Post; Returns to Kansas
Beginning July 1st, the Director of the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Alexa Posny, will return to Kansas to serve as the state’s commissioner of education.  It is expected that Patricia Guard, the Department’s Deputy Director, will serve as Interim Director. 

NRCLD Issues Resources on SLD Determination and RtI
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) has released a resource kit to help educators navigate the changes related to specific learning disability determination and responsiveness to intervention. The Resource Kit features general information for educators, “how-to” manuals to guide discussions of SLD determination and RTI, and briefs to help parents understand RTI and SLD determination changes.

New IDEA 2004 Training Modules Available Through NICHCY In conjunction with Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004, NICHCY recently posted three new training modules related to the new Part B regulations.  Visit their site today to view all available modules!  For additional information on Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004, please visit http://idea.ed.gov/.

Project Forum Releases New RtI Article “Response to Intervention as it Relates to Early Intervening Services: Recommendations” (click here to link to document)
This Policy Forum Proceedings documents the process participants followed to describe barriers to implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) as an Early Intervening Service (EIS), policy recommendations to address these barriers and implementation considerations. An introduction to the national perspective on RtI as it relates to EIS begins the document and closing remarks are included.

GAO Issues Testimony on NCLB's Supplemental Services Provision
On April 18, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided testimony to the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education on early implementation of the supplemental educational services (SES) provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The law requires districts with schools that receive Title I funds and that have not met state performance goals for 3 consecutive years to offer low-income students supplemental educational services (SES), such as tutoring. Click here to read the full report, or here to read the report highlights.

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