55. Identifying Secondary Students at Risk: The Big Idea in Secondary RTI as SLD | PBIS 2023

This session lays out the major “big idea in secondary RTI as SLD” with respect to eligibility, that schools must differentiate that at risk students who need “Treatment” vs those students who need “Support.” The fundamental assessment demarcation is the point at which students are below Minimum Basic Skills Proficiency or MBSP. This session will discuss the audiences’ values implications of MBSP and how it would be operationalized in schools as part of the RTI process to identify which students would be eligible for special education and receive “Treatment” and which students likely would not be eligible but receive “Support."