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RtI Math > Intentional Teaching > Learn What Works
Dr. Witzel provides examples of each stage of the concrete-representational-abstract teaching sequence, with special attention to visual representation. He shows several types of representation,...
Expert Interview
RtI Math > Arithmetic Foundations > Learn What Works
Dr. Beckmann describes the mathematics objectives that Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions should focus on in the primary, intermediate, and middle grades. She emphasizes building students’ math...
RtI Math > Screening & Monitoring > Learn What Works
Dr. Foegen describes how teachers can use progress monitoring to track borderline students’ learning and determine whether interventions are benefiting students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions....
RtI Math > Overview & Tools, RtI Reading > Overview & Tools
Dr. Gersten and Dr. Vaughn, who have long worked in research related to Response to Intervention (RtI), share their ideas about why RtI has spread rapidly as a solution to helping struggling...
Increased Learning Time > Evaluate Program > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview to learn about the characteristics of a sound evaluation plan, including outlining evaluation goals and determining roles and responsibilities for data collection and...
Increased Learning Time > Organize Instruction > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Steven Ross discusses two effective, research-based instructional strategies: adapting instruction to individual students' needs and promoting student interest and engagement...
Increased Learning Time > Maximize Attendance > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview to learn about attracting and retaining students in out-of-school programs. The interview provides suggestions for meeting the programming needs of parents and students,...
Increased Learning Time > Overview & Tools
Dr. Megan Beckett, chair of the IES panel that authored the Practice Guide on Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement, describes the need for increased learning time programs...
Increased Learning Time > States and Districts
Susan D'Annunzio, Student Services Supervisor at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, describes how the state uses monitoring and statewide evaluation data to design professional development...
Listen to two experts provide an overview of models of allocating resources to expanded learning time schools. Districts and schools can support these initiatives through creative integration of...
Increased Learning Time > Align Instruction > Learn What Works
Learn ways that after-school program teachers and coordinators can maintain an understanding of students' strengths and weaknesses, their schools' academic expectations, and the structures,...
Increased Learning Time > Structure Time > Learn What Works
Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president of Massachusetts 2020, describes how Massachusetts implemented an expanded instructional time initiative and the primacy of local autonomy and data-based...
