NCLB mandates that all students receive scientific, research-based reading instruction, and IDEA 2004 requires states to ensure that special education eligibility does not stem from a lack of exposure to such instruction and data-driven interventions.

To comply, many states and districts are embracing RTI through a multiple-tiered reading model originally designed for early reading intervention. And while considerable research examines the unique reading needs of middle and high school students, many schools need help putting it all together to develop an RTI framework to serve adolescents effectively.

In this 90-minute, recorded audio conference, Dr. Gibbs leads the way toward implementing RTI for students in middle and high school, showing you and your staff how to:

• Use RTI to improve academic performance of all students and achieve AYP literacy-related objectives
• Analyze your current adolescent literacy program, including content area instruction as it relates to RTI parameters
• Determine components needed to implement RTI at your school district’s secondary level
• Identify struggling readers using existing data from high stakes testing
• Identify additional data that can maximize efficacy of intervention selection and literacy outcomes
• Incorporate literacy instruction in all content area classes by encouraging and equipping faculty members to participate in your school’s literacy and RTI framework
• Recognize research-based reading intervention strategies specific to middle and high school students
• Select specific adolescent literacy intervention programs and materials from commercially available resources
• Evaluate and create progress monitoring tools specific to adolescent literacy goals