RPT-PI Handout 8

Treatment Integrity Checklist for Implementation of

Reciprocal Peer Tutoring and Parent Involvement Intervention

Intervention Task / Person(s) Responsible / Date(s)* / Comments
1. Screen upper elementary students to identify students “at risk” for math difficulties. Screen using grade level CBM calculation probes, administered class-wide
2. Make list of students scoring below 50th percentile identified as “at risk” for math difficulties.
3. Administer additional CBM probes (2nd – 6th grade) to students identified as “at risk” to determine instructional level.Instructional level criteria defined as: 40th and 75th percentile of level
4. Make list of instructional groups and student pairs within groups using the following criteria:
a. List instructional groups for different sessions (grades 2 thru 6).
b. List instructional pairs within each group (match students by skill).
5. Invite parents of students “at risk” for math difficulties to a Parent Involvement Meeting.
a. Set date and time that fits school meeting schedule.
b. Provide babysitting services at the meeting location.
c. Send notices home to parents 1-2 weeks in advance and ask for RSVP.
6. Conduct Parent Involvement Meeting.
a. Set Agenda: goal, parent critique, school position on best practice PI
b. Ask parents to generate activity ideas (with examples)
c. Parents individually select and commit to activity(s) for PI
7. Train RPT groups
a. Conduct two 45 minute training sessions to teach students how to:
(i) interact with peer in the RPT Model (“Teacher” and “Student” roles)
(ii) mark math score sheet
(iii). earn group and team points for school and home rewards
8. Begin RPT group intervention
a. RPT Groups meet: 30 minute sessions, twice per week
b. Outside regular classroom
c. Set ambitious and reasonable end “goal” for each student relative to present level of performance.
d. Make individual student chart marked with end goal as “aim” for each student. Student will plot progress after each progress monitoring.
9. Home Reward and “Award Certificate”
a. Contact via telephone parents when student’s RPT Team has 3 “wins” so parent can issue a home reward.
b. Send “award certificate” for student home to parent with instructions for parent to fill in the home reward issued and then sign the certificate.
c. Record when Home“award certificate” is returned to school.
d. Collect and post “Award Certificates” in designated (prominent) place at school.
10. Progress monitor with CBM at least every 4 weeks
a. Review CBM data to reform dyads and RPT group teams, (matchnew skill levels).
b. Establish and use “Exit” strategy policy when students reach grade level criterion (final “goal”)
c. Students record progress on a graph that also shows “goal”.
d. Report progress to parents.
11. Outcome evaluation – year end
a. Administer standardized norm-referenced test (e.g. WJ-III, math calculation subtest) to documentsummative performance outcome.
b. Report test result and latest progress monitoring data to parent.
c. Administer Student and Parent Post Intervention Acceptability and Outcome Survey (see RPT-PI Handouts 5 & 6)
c. Aggregate test and survey data for program outcome report.
d. Advertise the success! (student or local newspaper, etc.)

* Record the date for each time this occurs during the school-year (e.g. multiple dates for posting Home Rewards)