Response to Quality Intervention: The Early Learning Success Initiative
- This article by Bob Sornson, Ph.D. describes the need to rethink our approach to RTI and create a powerful model of early learning success for every possible child. The essential elements of a working RTI model are described.
Essential Skills Profile: Kindergarten
- The most efficient progress monitoring system ever devised for students at the Kindergarten level.
Essential Skills Profile: Grade One
- The most efficient progress monitoring system ever devised for students at the First Grade level.
Essential Skills Profile: Grade Two
- The most efficient progress monitoring system ever devised for students at the Second Grade level.
How I Learn Best
- This is a tool for middle school, high school, and adult learners to assess their own learning strengths and preferences. In about an hour, you will learn how to devise a learning plan that works best for you!
Early Learning Success/ Instructional Support Teams
A Three to Five Year Training and Implementation Plan
- Developing a model early learning success initiative takes a long-term commitment. This three to five year plan can serve as a model for your building or district.
A Model for Early Learning Success
- The Comprehensive Model of Early Learning Success, developed by Bob Sornson and the Early Learning Foundation, incorporates support systems for both students and teachers.
Preventing Early Learning Failure, The Early Learning Success Initiative
- This article by Bob Sornson will give you an overview of the Early Learning Success Initiative, along with data to support the efficacy of this model, and many research citations to use in your discussions with staff and administrators.
Teachers Responsibility
- The quality of instruction is the most important factor affecting student achievement. In this model, teachers can reflect on their many responsibilities, and perhaps on their most important responsibility.
James Heckman Early Education, Investing in our Young People
- James Heckman is a Nobel Prize winning economist. He is a clear proponent of increasing the nation's investment in children in the early years.
W. Steven Barnett, Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility
- Barnett and Belfield offer a compelling review of the research which supports improving preschool options for America's children.
A Proposal for Achieving High Returns on Early Childhood Development
- Rob Grunewald and Arthur Rolnick give an economic perspective on the importance of the investment in early childhood success experiences for our children.
Strategies for School System Leaders on District-Level Change
- The Panasonic Foundation makes a clear case for the need to develop school cultures based on trust, honesty, openness, and data-driven results.
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