«I could never go back to the old model,» says Ms. Mattivi, whose eighth -
grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online
literacy programs that provide similar material
at different reading
levels.
Its purpose is to help schools evaluate the impact of their RtI process by examining the percentage of
different student populations students scoring
at different risk
levels by
grade and early
literacy measure from one benchmark period to the next.
Children enter school with
different levels of skill, and these initial differences often affect children's subsequent language growth, cognitive development,
literacy and academic achievement.6, 7,8 Children who exhibit delays
at the onset of schooling are
at risk for early academic difficulties and are also more likely to experience
grade retention, special education placement, and failure to complete high school.9, 10,11