Frequently Asked Questions
These are questions that are answered on this page. If your question is not answered here please feel free to reach out to your student's Title teacher!
What is Title?
Title, also called Panther Time, is a 40 minute time slot where students get to work on phonics or comprehension in a small group setting. During this time your student is not missing any in class instruction, as each student is working on specific skills based on their current skill level. This is a time when students get instruction that is directly aligned with skills they need extra help on.
Why is my student in Title?
Your student is in Title based off a series of diagnostic assessments. In simple words, this is a test that they take that compares their current skill levels to national skill levels. Based off of these results students are getting specifically designed instruction that fits their current needs.
What is a RIMP?
A RIMP is a document that provides you with updates on your students interventions. This is paperwork that is required as a result of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. This is sent home every six weeks to share your students' progress with you.
What is Response To Intervention (RTI)?
Perry Local Schools has implemented Response to Intervention (RtI) to help students meet their full potential in reading and math. The goal of RtI is to intervene early in order to address problems before they become overwhelming. This process offers educational tiered support for all students by increasing the level of intensity of intervention based on learning needs.
RtI services are often offered during a designated time in the day when no new concepts are introduced in the general education classroom. This time is called Panther Time. If intervention is not necessary, students are provided enrichment activities to assist in challenging them.
RtI requires a team effort. All staff members are part of the process by offering intervention and enrichment opportunities.
-Perry Local Schools "A Guide to RTI" brochure
RtI Includes:
1. Quality instructional and behavior supports in the classroom
2. School-wide screening to determine the needs of students
3. Different tiers of interventions matched to the needs of students
4. A team approach to solving problems and monitoring interventions
5. A system to check student progress
6. Intervention plans that are reviewed regularly in data check-ins
7. Parent Involvement
8. Timeline of assessment and evaluations
Adapted from the National Joint Committee of Learning Disabilities
What are the test my students take and what are their goals for each test?
Click the link for your students grade and there is a chart that will explain everything!
What are the Programs and Interventions that my students use during title?
West Virginia Phonics
A scripted series that goes into detail about each skills but is not as detailed as 95% group.
95% Group
A scripted series that goes into great details about the phonics rules and why they are the way they are
Lively Letters
Each letter has a picture and story that helps students remember the name and sound of each letter
Closed Reading
Students read a story multiple times each time reading it to look at a different part of the text. For example once they might read to look for vocabulary and another time they might read to look for the main idea of the text.
LLI - Leveled Lexile Intervention
Students read a set series of books that are the same level of difficulty helping them better comprehend what they read and getting them to make inferences and predictions about text
What is Benchmarking?
This is an assessment your students take three times a year ( Fall, Winter and Spring). We use this information to simply make sure your students are on track with their learning and figure out which students would benefit from Title Services.
If you want to learn more about the assessment they take a look at the 'What are the test my students take and what are their goals for each test?' FQA
How do you determine my student's goal?
Based on your students benchmarking scores from AimsWebPlus or iReady determines your students goal. Students from all over the nation use these tests. They compile all student scores into a norms table. We want our students to fall in the average range on the norm table (around the 50th percentile). The reason we establish student goals is to close the achievement gap for your child. We want them to be performing and succeeding at their grade level with their peers.