Response to Intervention and Precision Teaching: Creating Synergy in the Classroom

by Kent Johnson, Elizabeth M. Street

Successful implementation of response to intervention (RTI) for academic skills problems requires rigorous progress monitoring. This book shows how the proven instructional technology known as precision teaching (PT) can facilitate progress monitoring while building K-12 students' fluency in reading, writing, math, and the content areas. Detailed instructions help general and special education teachers use PT to target specific skills at all three tiers of RTI, and incorporate it into project-based learning. Of crucial importance for RTI implementers, the book provides explicit procedures for measuring and charting learning outcomes during each PT session, and using the data to fine-tune instruction. Reproducible charts and other useful tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Genres: Education

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First published November 5, 2012

About the author

Kent Johnson (born 1955) is an American poet, translator, critic, and anthologist. His work, much of it meta-fictional and/or satirical in approach, has provoked a notable measure of controversy and debate within English-language poetry circles.

Reviews

[Alison Rini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg, FINALLY! I listened to a webinar by a teacher at Morningside and loved reading this book - his school’s scientific breakdown of how learning occurs. I’ve often questioned the fundamentals of RtI as practiced at scale - the teacher receives almost no guidance on the magical intervention that will close a student’s gap or on how to chart progress. If the people supervising RtI (MTSS) read this book I guarantee students would have better outcomes. I can’t wait to use it to target underlying skills that are limiting progress.