• Academic Intervention Services

     Academic Intervention Services are supplemental services provided through Title I funding to help students who are experiencing academic difficulties. The program provides identified, targeted students with additional instruction and services  by a certified teacher as part of a regularly scheduled program. Students are identified based on multiple measures such as NYS ELA assessment scores, NWEA scores, the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment  and/or daily classroom participation and performance.

    Supplemental instruction is closely aligned with the district's reading program. Research-based strategies are used to teach and reinforce reading, writing, speaking, listening, as well as critical thinking skills.

    Criteria for Academic Intervention Services

    Each year schools are required by state law to test, identify, and remediate all students who score a one or a two on any of the New York State tests. These tests include English, social studies or science. Your child may also be recommended by the classroom teacher if the teacher is concerned about your child’s progress in any of these subjects.

    Program Goal

    The goal of the program is to help students acquire and apply foundational skills, comprehension strategies and writing skills that will enable them to be successful in the classroom. It is expected that each student will make a year’s growth in reading/writing as determined by standardized test scores at the end of the year. Students who continue to struggle or do not make sufficient progress throughout the year may be referred to the Response to Intervention Team to determine if the student may need additional support and/or testing.

    Intensity

    Depending on your child’s needs, our program offers classes that range between one and five days a week. Each class is a minimum of thirty minutes long.

    Exiting the Program

    Services are discontinued when a student demonstrates growth in reading as determined by state exams, teacher recommendation, classwork and parent input. While most students participate for a minimum of a year, students who make rapid progress may exit at any time.