Resource Directory Technical assistance for RTI / AYP: student progress evaluation

 

The Importance of Accountability

Accountability insures that students make progress, that teachers have proficiency to assure student progress, and program methods are proven to work.

DTT has built-in accountability for assessing student annual yearly progress (AYP) in response to DTT intervention (RTI). It also offers assessment of teachers’ DTT proficiency and evaluation of program effectiveness. Three DTT instruments provide measures for ongoing tracking of these requirements: The DTORF-R for student response to intervention and annual yearly progress; the DTRITS for a teacher’s implementation of DTT; and the DTT Administrative Support Checklist for accountability of schools in support of teachers and students. With these measures used in the research studies of DTT effectiveness, it has been designated as a national “Program that Works” by the U.S. Department of Education.

For review of these instruments and research into DTT effectiveness, go to the tab Standards

For DTT accountability standards, check the tab, DTT Standards, How Developmental Therapy-Teaching (DTT) Meets National U.S. Standards to Improve Instruction

Field-based accountability data should be collected as a part of every DTT program!

Consultation and technical assistance for doing this are available to schools through the DTT program at the University of Georgia or from the nonprofit Developmental Therapy Institute in Athens, Georgia with a focus on research about student outcomes with DTT.  For further information

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