Rhode Island's Intensive Intervention Implementation Story

Since 2012, RIDE has learned alongside local education agency personnel (at both district and school levels) about what it takes to implement data-based individualization (DBI) within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). Early on in the work, two LEAs were deeply engaged in DBI implementation: Bristol Warren Regional School District and Coventry School District. After witnessing positive student outcomes for learners with severe and persistent academic and/or behavioral needs through DBI implementation, RIDE opted to invest more deeply in scaling both MTSS and DBI through the following initiatives: State Systemic Improvement Plan and BRIDGE-RI (the Home of MTSS in Rhode Island). In addition to these investments, RIDE has seen DBI organically spread to other LEAs, as a result of personnel moving from one place to another in the state and taking MTSS/DBI with them and by promoting DBI within grants to LEAs and guidance. RIDE also partners with the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, who has co-developed resources related to communicating about intensive intervention to parents and families.

View the video below to learn more about DBI implementation in Rhode Island.