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University of Miami

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2014

Accountability

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High School Teachers' Perceptions Of Data Driven Decision Making Within A Response To Intervention Framework, Benikia Kressler Jul 2014

High School Teachers' Perceptions Of Data Driven Decision Making Within A Response To Intervention Framework, Benikia Kressler

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A general education initiative supported by IDEA (2004), Response to Intervention (RtI) holds promise for improving the academic achievement of at-risk students through evidence-based instruction and data driven decision making (DDDM). However, most of the research on RtI has been conducted within elementary settings. Thus, this study examined high school teachers’ perceptions of DDDM for improving academic performance of at-risk high school youth within an RtI framework. Using qualitative methods consisting of interviews and field observations of six high school teachers implementing RtI in two Title 1 high schools, constant comparison methods of data were conducted. From this data, three …