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THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION:
A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF RTI IMPLEMENTATION
by
Michelle Kristin Kimmel
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements of the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Michelle Kristin Kimmel
Object Description
| Title | The successes and challenges of response to intervention: a case study of the impact of RTI implementation |
| Author | Kimmel, Michelle Kristin |
| Author email | mkimmel@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-10 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-03-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Datnow, Amanda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert Ragusa, Gisele |
| Abstract | Today in education, there is heightened emphasis on increasing accountability to improve student achievement. With the current authorization of No Child Left Behind and Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, schools are required to close their achievement gap by targeting student academic difficulties. Response to Intervention (RTI) is a new initiative stemming from past federal legislation and ongoing reform movements that emphasizes using effective instruction to meet all students needs through a multi-tiered intervention model.; The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the successes and challenges of the RTI model to better understand the purpose behind the implementation to meet at-risk needs. This study provided an in-depth description of RTI implementation. The research questions that guided this study were: (1) How has each school site implemented RTI? (2) How does RTI fit with the schools' plans for improving the achievement of at-risk students? (3) What factors have facilitated and/or hindered the implementation of RTI? (4) How is each school measuring the implementation and results of RTI?; I studied two Southern California elementary school sites. The two sites were selected because they had implemented the RTI model for at least two consecutive school years and they attributed a reduction in special education services to RTI implementation. The data collection consisted of primarily interviews along with observation and document analysis. At each school site, I interviewed the RTI team members individually.; This study's findings established that principal leadership, teacher buy-in, resources, and professional development positively impacted RTI implementation at the two sites whereas limited district support was seen as an implementation challenge. Also, RTI was implemented similarly at both sites with a few minor differences which was surprising since (1) the schools have diverse populations while NCLB and IDEIA's description of RTI is vague, and (2) policy implementation research has shown that local variation exists when implementing a top-down reform policy. However, the local context corresponded with each school's need for RTI, so the implementation was alike and successful. To successfully implement RTI, policy and practice implications for district and school leaders were suggested. |
| Keyword | response to intervention; RTI; reform implementation factors; CSR; NCLB; IDEIA |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: Walnut Elementary School; educational facilities: Laurel Elementary School |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1061 |
| Rights | Kimmel, Michelle Kristin |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kimmel-20080328 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Kimmel-20080328.pdf |
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| Full text | THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF RTI IMPLEMENTATION by Michelle Kristin Kimmel ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2008 Copyright 2008 Michelle Kristin Kimmel |
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