Welcome To a New Year

Welcome to a new year at Carrie Downie Elementary School!  This year’s Ell students will be serviced according to their needs.  The Colonial School District will be using the Response to Intervention model to servicing students.  According to the model, all students will be tested once per marking period.  Upon review of the test results, students will be placed into one of three tiers.  If they are not found to have any reading discrepancies, they will stay in their classrooms.

Students that have a reading discrepancy will receive additional support within their classrooms during their English Language Arts time.   This is referred to as Tier II intervention support.  Additional support will be delivered by another teacher within a small group. 

If they are still struggling, then additional support outside the classroom is needed.  This is referred to as Tier III intervention support.  Students will be given services in a separate classroom in addition to their English Language Arts time. 

For more about the Response to Intervention model please click below on the following websites.

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_rti_library.html

http://www.interventioncentral.org/