The Ultimate Math Intervention Resources Guide

Must-Have Tools for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

There’s a growing body of math intervention information, research, resources and tools out there. Where do you find them? Right here!

Organizations

Groups dedicated to math excellence and intervention provide valuable information and resources to administrators, teachers, parents, and students.

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD): Website that hosts a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading.
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE): Works with state education agencies (SEAs) to make certain that every student with a disability receives educational supports and services.
• National Center on Intensive Intervention: Affiliated with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) support implementation of data-based individualization in reading, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and/or behavioral needs.
• National Center on Response to Intervention: Affiliated with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), this website and products provide support for states, districts, and schools implementing RTI. 
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): The world’s largest mathematics organization supports teachers with a wide range of resources.
• RTI Action Network: The premiere intervention organization whose goal is to guide educators and families so every child has access to quality instruction and that struggling students are identified early and receive the necessary supports to be successful.

Intervention Research

Find information about the continually evolving knowledge around intervention and what constitutes research-based best practices.

• Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Research Roundup: Up-to-the-minute research and archives from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
• Research Spotlight on RTI: Overview and the components of a successful program from National Education Association (NEA)
• Research Support for RTI: Effective implementation, plus efficacy studies and best practices.

Practical Intervention Help for Teachers

Nitty-gritty information for educators who are looking for best practices and case studies to support their own practice.

• Ask the Expert: Over two dozen videos with expert answers for commonly asked questions from the Center on Response to Intervention.
• Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: RTI for Elementary and Middle Schools: A guide to address the needs of students from the U.S. Department of Education.
• Colorado Department of Education Resources Information about MTSS.
• Implementer Series: Understanding Types of Assessment within an RTI Framework: Self-paced learning modules explain commonly used assessments within RTI from the Center on Response to Intervention.
• Ongoing Student Assessment: Learn more about RTI assessment in this series of articles from the RTI Action Network.
• RTI Fact Sheet: A one-page FAQ from the New Mexico Public Education Department.
• Using an RTI Framework to Improve Student Learning(PDF): A pocket guide to the use of a research-based RTI framework from the American Institutes for Research.
• Wrightslaw Links to articles and free publications related to RtI.

Parents

Parents are an important part of successful intervention and these resources help them understand how to support their children’s learning.

• A Parent’s Guide to RTI: Useful tips and FAQs to help families understand and engage in their child’s learning from the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
• Informing Parents of Their Child’s Needs: MTSS Parent Letter: A letter you can use write your own message to inform parents of their child’s needs and how the school will address them from the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School.
• RTI Fact Sheet for Parents: Helps parents learn more about RTI with this FAQ from the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Understanding Growth Mindset

The right frame of mind has been proven to help learners push past per-conceived notions about their own abilities and achieve – begin the shift with these helpful information links.

• Academic Tenacity: Mindsets and Skills that Promote Long-Term Learning: A Gates Foundation research report summarizing non-academic factors that support achievement.
• Developing a Growth Mindset: A video featuring Carol Dweck speaks about ‘the power of yet versus the tyranny of now.’
• “Growth Mindset: Clearing Up Some Common Confusions” from KQED’s MindShift from Edutopia.
• Recognizing and Overcoming False Growth Mindset: Clarify some common misconceptions about growth mindset.

Growth Mindset & Math

Studies have specifically shown that growth mindset is a key factor in overcoming math challenge – check out these ideas that reduce math anxiety.

• Growth Mindset and Math: A short course from Stanford University about practices that promote growth mindset within the context of a math class.
• Growth Mindset From YouCubed: Resources to deal with math beliefs about math, including a free poster to download.
• Research Shows How Children Can Enjoy and Succeed in Math: Math anxiety reduction strategies from Stanford University.
• Resources to Transform Math Mindset: Resources from WithMathICan.org.

Learn more about creating MTSS/RtI programs and the ways continuous formative assessment can help instill a love of math learning and close achievement gaps.

Download these additional free resources from DreamBox Learning: 

• Case Study: Making an Impact with Response to Intervention (RtI)
• White Paper: Math Intervention and the Promise of Adaptive Learning
• Webinar: Tracking Progress for Tier 2 Students in Response to Intervention (RTI)
• Toolkit: Math Intervention Teacher Toolkit