SNAPSHOT: Central to any successful Response To Intervention program is effective, well-designed assessment for screening, diagnosis, progress monitoring and outcome measurement.

In Do's and Don'ts for Assessment in Response to Intervention, Dr. Wayne Callender, past coordinator of Idaho's Results-Based Model used in more than 150 schools around the state, will give you his insider's tips on how to put assessment to best use. He will explain what types of assessment pay off and which may be a waste of time and money--and he will give you specific examples from his own personal experience.

After Wayne's last audioconference June 10, Getting to RTI: What you need to know before implementing this results-based model, 100% of those responding to our survey said they were "very satisfied" with the seminar. "I wish it were longer," added one attendee.

Although it has its roots in special education, RTI is just as relevant to general education students. In many schools when students can't keep up in class, their best option is to qualify for special education services. Under the response to intervention model, the focus is not on putting students into learning-problem categories but on frequent assessment and monitoring to see if the student is reponsive to instruction or if other instructional approaches are needed.

Audioconference CD $197 CD includes audio only. You will receive a link to Powerpoint slides to print out or view on your computer. Need to pay by purchase order? FAX POs to 815-461-5647. Add $7.50 for shipping/handling Questions? Call 207-632-1954.

CONFERENCE TOPICS: In his presentation, Wayne Callender will discuss the qualities of good assessment and highlight some of the dangers of not using assessment effectively. Specific topics he will cover include:

• The four purposes of assessment
  
  
• How to align assessment with the levels of instructional support
  
  
• How to ensure that your screen assessment instrument demonstrates reliability, validity and accuracy of classification
  
  
• How much diagnostic assessment should you do and when?
  
  
• Three-point decision making for analyzing progress
  
  
• Specific qualities of good outcomes assessments
  
  
• The important role that CBM/DIBELS can play in making and confirming your decisions
  

  To order by phone, call 1-207-632-1954.

  WHO'S IT FOR? Superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, curriculum directors, special education directors, teachers, education consultants and other concerned educators.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Wayne Callender is a regional education coordinator with the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, and the past coordinator of the Results-Based Model Project for the state of Idaho, a problem-solving and RTI approach to special education. Callender has conducted trainings and seminars with educators implementing RTI and currently serves as a consultant to schools in several states. A certified K-12 building and district administrator as well as a special education director, Callender was a contributor to the "Handbook of response to intervention: The science and practice of assessment and intervention recently published by Springer (Edited by S. R. Jimerson, M. K. Burns, & A. M. VanDerHeyden). He wrote a section titled "The Idaho results-based model: Implementing response to intervention statewide."