RTI
The number of primary tiers in the standard RTI model.
What are three (3)?
The age range for which an IEP is typically implemented (until graduation).
What is 3 through 21?
Assessments that are given before instruction to determine a student's baseline knowledge.
What are diagnostic (or pre-assessments)?
The acronym for the current federal law governing special education services.
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)?
The primary goal of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA): to determine the function of a challenging behavior.
What is the reason the behavior is occurring?
The essential practice used across all tiers of RTI to track student progress and determine intervention effectiveness.
What is progress monitoring?
The required IEP component that states what the student is expected to achieve in one year.
What are Measurable Annual Goals (MAGs)?
Assessments designed to measure a student's performance against a pre-determined standard or set of learning objectives.
What are criterion-referenced assessments?
The key principle that guarantees students with disabilities are educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
The three-part statement summarizing the function of a behavior, often written as: "When, the student, in order to."
What is an antecedent, behavior, consequence or ABC statement?
The RTI tier where a student receives small-group, targeted intervention in addition to core instruction
What is Tier 2?
This required statement explains how the student's disability impacts their participation and progress in the general education curriculum.
What is the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP or PLP)?
This type of test compares a student's score to the performance of a large, representative sample of students of the same age or grade level.
What are norm-referenced assessments?
This requires students with disabilities to be educated with their nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate for the student
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
The universal tier of the PBIS framework that involves school-wide expectations taught to all students.
What is Tier 1?
The primary data collection method used in Tier 1 to screen and monitor the academic and behavioral performance of all students.
What is universal screening?
The required annual meeting that must be held to review and update the student's IEP.
What is the Annual Review (or Annual IEP Meeting)?
A flexible and frequent assessment method used to track student progress and inform instructional adjustments, often used in RTI.
What is Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)?
The plan was developed under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which provides accommodations but is not an IEP.
What is a 504 Plan?
The required behavior support plan is developed after an FBA is completed, which focuses on teaching replacement behaviors.
What is a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?
The formal process that may be initiated if a student does not respond adequately to intensive, evidence-based interventions in the highest tier of RTI.
What is a comprehensive evaluation (for special education services)?
The formal document that dictates when and where a student will move from high school special education services to adult life skills and vocational goals.
What is the Transition Plan/Services?
An assessment method that evaluates a student's skills through observation and analysis of their work in a real-world or instructional setting, not using standardized questions.
What are authentic (or performance-based) assessments?
The specific law, passed in 1975, which was the predecessor to the current IDEA and established the fundamental rights of children with disabilities.
What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) or Public Law 94-142?
The two main functions of behavior cited in special education, related to getting something or avoiding something.
What are to gain (access/attention) and to escape (or avoid)?