Assessment
Knowing the difference between remediation and intervention will help you make instructional decisions to benefit all students. While both approaches work with students who are not understanding concepts, there are distinct differences in when and how they are applied.
Part 1: Compare and Contrast
Create a visual (Venn diagram, chart, etc.) comparing and contrasting intervention and remediation. Ideas include, but are not limited to: grouping, intensity, focus skill, documentation, the reason for including students, approach, modifications, and accommodations.
Part 2: Scenarios
For each of the scenarios below, determine whether the group of students should receive remediation or intervention. Include the following in 100-150 words for each scenario:
Rationale for why you selected remediation or intervention
Instructional next steps, including strategies
Scenario A: You teach second grade. Your classroom data shows that 10 out of 25 students in your class are lacking in nonsense word fluency based on your initial benchmark data. What is your approach?
Scenario B: You teach first grade. You have been working on letter naming fluency with targeted strategies with a small group of students. You have kept weekly data from progress monitoring on these students. All but one student in the group is making progress with the skill. What is your approach?
Scenario C: You teach preschool. You just completed your rhyming unit and gave a summative assessment. Scores show that 12 of the 25 students cannot identify rhyming words and 15 of the 25 students cannot produce rhyming words. What is your approach?
Scenario D: You teach kindergarten. It is the middle of the year, benchmark testing and 4 of your 25 students are still in the intensive/falls far below range in reading. What is your approach?
Scenario E: You teach third grade. At the beginning of the year testing, 8 of your 25 students are intensive on their oral reading fluency retell, even though their fluency scores are strategic or benchmark. What is your approach?
Support Parts 1 and 2 with a minimum of 2-3 resources.
