Using a Mnemonic Strategy to Match Elements of Response to Intervention Lessons with Performance Assessment Requirements

Assessment of Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers

“…In the second article, "Using a Mnemonic Strategy to Match Elements of Response to Intervention Lessons with Performance Assessment Requirements, " Vostal, Messenheimer, Hampton, and Keyes (2014) address the disparity between the requirements of a performance assessment instrument (e.g., edTPA) and the teaching requirements of preservice special educators using a Response to Intervention (RTI) model. Rather than focus on learning segments (i.e., three-to-five lessons), intervention specialist candidates in one university program used an author-developed first-letter mnemonic, DESCRIBE IT, to implement an instructional unit for students receiving specialized instruction.…”