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Tier Ii Interventions: Utilizing An Interventionist At The Secondary Level, Sarah Ham
Tier Ii Interventions: Utilizing An Interventionist At The Secondary Level, Sarah Ham
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The purpose of this action research was to determine the impact of an interventionist conducting Tier II interventions on student achievement. The research setting was a high school English language arts classroom in Iowa where the participants included 58 ninth-grade students. In previous years, interventions were taught by the ELA teacher in the classroom; this action research dictated that an interventionist teach the Tier II intervention lesson to non-proficient students during class. Quantitative data from these participants was collected to assess the impact of an interventionist on student achievement in two reading skills: identifying the main idea and summarizing. Assessment …